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In this insightful article from the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, Filipino enterprise owners share insights on their journey transitioning from cash to digital wage payments. They discuss the steps they have taken, the results of…
From August 5th to 8th, 2024, the ILO Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work conducted a Financial Education training for 25 small business owners and workers in Central Java. The initiative also involved the participation of the Regional…
In early 2023, within the bustling special economic zone of Sihanoukville — a coastal province in Cambodia where over 30 factories operate — digital wage payments were seldom used. Today, around 50 percent of these factories have embraced this method…
This article explores how wage digitization during the COVID-19 pandemic increased women’s financial account ownership but faced challenges in usage, especially in countries like Bangladesh. Despite positive perceptions, women lacked training, encountered merchant acceptance issues, and struggled in a cash-based…
In light of the global trend towards digital payments, the importance of digital wages is on the rise. This interview by the Asia Garment Hub features Virak Nuon, our Digital Wage Officer, based at Better Factories Cambodia, talking about how…
Read more about how the ILO and Apindo have joined forces to promote the transition from cash to responsible digital wage payments in Indonesia. The expectation is that this collaboration will enable Indonesian workers to have better control over their…
This entry relates the wage digitization experience of the garment industry in Cambodia, highlighting how digital wage payments can help workers by reducing vulnerability to theft and empowering women through enhanced control over household financial decisions.
This entry relates the wage digitization experience of Horseware Products (Cambodia) Co., Ltd , a horse ware production factory employing 215 workers in Sihanoukville, on the Cambodian coast.
This blog post presents lessons learned and recommendations to companies and governments wanting to scale up digital wages and drive change, in relation to three UN Principles for Responsible Digital Payments, based on lessons from Bangladesh, Jordan, and Senegal.
To assess the market potential for digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment sector (which employs approximately 80% female workers), the research team interviewed representatives of the three main stakeholder groups—factories, financial service providers, and workers — as well as other…