Promoting responsible digital wage payments: Recent trends and lessons learnt from research

On September 6, 2023, the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work and the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance organized the webinar “Promoting responsible digital wage payments: Recent trends and lessons learnt from research” as part of the Global Learning Exchange Series on Digital Wage Payments. The Global Learning Exchange Series brings together stakeholders to share learning, challenges, action-driven recommendations, tools, and methodologies to better support and accelerate the transition to responsible digital wage payments.

In this webinar, we discussed recent trends in digital wage payments and challenges for its responsible implementation. We also drew on the findings of the Global Findex Database, the recently released ILO Brief on Promoting Responsible Digital Wage Payments as well as on recent evidence and learnings from a selection of countries.

Speakers:

• Leora Klapper, Lead Economist, World Bank Development Research Group
• Luis Rodrigo Morales, Director for Industrial Relations and ILO Coordination, International Organisation of Employers
• Evelyn Astor, Economic and Social Policy Advisor, International Trade Union Confederation
• Prerna Saxena, Head of Asia Pacific, Better than Cash Alliance.
• Valerie Breda, Technical Expert, the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work

We were honoured to host industry experts as speakers who shared valuable insights and best practices and on the topic.