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…
The ILO and Apindo join forces to promote the transition from cash to responsible digital wage payments by signing a Collaboration Agreement. This will enable Indonesian workers to have better control over their wages and benefits. The ILO and Apindo…
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…
The ILO, in collaboration with its constituents and the University of Indonesia, held an online event to present the assessment on digital wages for decent work in Indonesia with over 120 participants. The assessment is part of the effort to…
In remote areas of Nepal, rural communities, and especially the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups, do not have access to formal financial services. However, the Strengthening National Rural Transport Programme took up the challenge of generating access to finance and…
This report seeks to identify the barriers to expanding access to and usage of formal financial services in Jamaica, with a view to remedying them.
The world is moving to digital payments. They are faster, more secure, more transparent and more efficient than cash. Digital payments can support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and empower women and youth. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward paying…