Resources on social finance

  1. Instructional material

    How to conduct a PACE client value assessment - analysis worksheet

    01 August 2023

    PACE, the Facility’s client value assessment tool, helps organizations examine their products from the clients’ perspective by comparing the insurance offering with other formal and informal risk management tools. PACE provides a framework to evaluate the value of products and related processes across four dimensions: product, access, cost and experience. It allows practitioners to identify, consolidate, and then prioritize potential changes.

  2. Instructional material

    The ILO’s Impact Insurance capacity building initiative

    01 August 2023

    Despite growing knowledge on inclusive insurance, many insurers and distributors struggle to offer insurance products that are viable for them and valuable for consumers. Recognizing these gaps, the ILO’s Impact Insurance capacity building initiative works at the local, regional and global level to translate knowledge into practical solutions and to develop the skills of providers, distributors and others in offering impact insurance.

  3. Instructional material

    Financial education for garment workers in Cambodia – Trainee’s booklet

    05 June 2023

    This trainee’s booklet, developed in partnership with Better Factories Cambodia, supports participants in the ILO Financial Education course. It targets workers in the garment factories in Cambodia who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also includes information on how workers can safely receive, access and use their wages through digital means.

  4. Event

    Financial Education month

    During April 2023, the ILO's Social Finance Programme will showcase their work on financial education. Through blog posts, articles, video testimonials and webinars, you will learn more about financial education from colleagues and partners, certified financial education trainers and beneficiaries in the field.

  5. Instructional material

    Financial education for micro, small and informal businesses in the Philippines – Trainee’s booklet

    19 December 2022

    This trainee's booklet on financial education targets primarily micro, small and informal business owners of the Philippines who wish to improve their digital money management. The booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. The trainee's booklet was produced under the “Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 crisis in the Philippines” project, with the generous financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

  6. Instructional material

    Financial education for national and migrant workers – Trainee’s booklet

    13 October 2022

    This ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, developed with support from Better Work Jordan, supports training participants throughout their learning journey. It primarily targets local and migrant workers, employed in factories of Bangladesh, who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also incorporates key messages on how workers could receive, access and use their wages safely through digital means.

  7. Instructional material

    Financial education for national and migrant workers – Trainee’s booklet

    13 October 2022

    This ILO Financial Education trainee’s booklet, developed with support from Better Work Jordan, supports training participants throughout their learning journey. It primarily targets local and migrant workers, employed in factories of Jordan, who wish to improve their money management. This booklet introduces basic knowledge, skills and tools related to earning, spending, budgeting and using financial services such as savings, credit, money transfers and insurance. It also incorporates key messages on how workers could receive, access and use their wages safely through digital means.