Garment workers’ financial behaviors during the COVID-19 crisis: Lessons learned from factories in Bangladesh, Egypt, and India

In July and August 2020, as part of the HERfinance program, with support from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Levi Strauss Foundation, HERproject surveyed 700 workers (57 percent of whom were female), who received HERfinance training from Bangladesh, Egypt, and India, with the goal of understanding their financial behaviors during the crisis.

• Date: 11/01/2020
• Sector: Industry
• Topics: Digital technology, Financial education, Gender equality, Inclusive finance
• Regions: Africa, Asia and the Pacific
• Resource type: News & Blogs
• Institutions: BSR Herproject