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This report reviews existing evidence on the impact of digital financial services and associated policies on development outcomes, provides an overview of the Indonesian context, and identifies promising areas for future research and policy innovation.
The objective of this manual is to provide some effective recommendations to Ready-Made Garments (RMG) factories that are seeking to digitize their wage disbursement system, based on the experiences of Sarathi’s work with two partner commercial banks in digitizing the…
Why does the payday still exist? This article studies various explanations—economic, historical, behavioral, and legal. It concludes that the payday owes its existence to legacy legal architecture and suggests a path for legal reform.
HERfinance Digital Wages videos and animation, developed with Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and QuizRR, are part of HERfinance Digital Wages Tech Learning Tool. They give engaging guidance and information for workers around financial services and improving financial health. They…
This report shares five lessons and insights on the scaling of digital financial services from a partnership between BSR’s HERproject and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth. The partnership aims to leverage the HERfinance Digital Wages program to scale up…
Millions of garment workers and their families are severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries where with social protection systems are underdeveloped. Around the world, several governments are leading by example by implementing policy and regulatory changes that…
This report documents the rights situation of workers in Thailand’s fishing sector. It is based on surveys conducted from July to November 2019 and builds on research from 2018 that included 300 migrant workers in six provinces.
The webinar was organized on 9 July 2020 by the ILO Office in Viet Nam, the ILO’s Social Finance Programme and Women’s World Banking, with support from the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Speakers: Valérie Breda (Technical…
This post discusses opportunities for fintech to capitalize on wage digitization efforts in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry and develop innovative health financing solutions.
This note explores the opportunities associated with an expansion of digital financial services in emerging and developing economies and highlights the potential risks associated with their rapid ramping up.