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Using random forest estimation, the authors identify 14 key predictors out of 190 variables with the largest predictive power for micro, small, and medium-sized retailer (MSMR) adoption and usage of digital payments. Using conditional inference trees, they study the importance…
This report shares the impact of a wage digitization pilot initiative at Lotus Garments Group, a clothing manufacturer in Egypt. The initiative, the result of a partnership between Mastercard, Levi Strauss & Co and BSR’s HERproject, supported over 8,700 workers…
In partnership with Better Work, ILO, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the Better than Cash Alliance (BTCA) documented the business case for responsible wage digitization in the Jordanian garment industry and how Jordan can build on the upward trend in digital…
This report shares the benefits for garment sector workers and business following participation in HERfinance in India.
A series of practical guides detailing insights and lessons for wage digitization for global buyers, financial service providers employers, and financial inclusion and gender practitioners.
Drawing on the experience of the HERproject Digital Wages Program, this report sets out three possible future scenarios of how digital wages may evolve for women garment workers in Bangladesh over the next 10 years. It offers recommendations for action…
Markets for consumer financial services are growing rapidly in low- and middle-income countries and are being transformed by digital technologies and platforms. With growth and change come concerns about protecting consumers. The authors seek to bridge regulator and academic perspectives…
This document provides an overview of how countries have leveraged the spread of digital technologies and infrastructure to improve governance, including by digitizing identification systems, social safety net services such as unconditional cash payments, and government response during emergencies (including…
This document summarizes the relationship between access to digital financial services and women’s economic empowerment. Topics include the mechanisms through which that access can help expand the breadth of women’s support networks, expedite transfers during periods of need, empower women…
This research leverages a randomized controlled trial covering 197 village clusters in northern Madhya Pradesh, India, where the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme typically deposited women workers’ wages in the bank account of the man head of household.…