Resources on social finance

  1. News

    Sri Lankan women improve their livelihoods through cooperatives in the groundnut value chain

    28 November 2019

    Two women producers supported by the ILO LEED+ project share their stories on how they increased their income through cooperatives in the groundnut value chain.

  2. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #71: The social dimensions of development finance in Asia and the Pacific

    08 January 2018

    Results of a survey among ADFIAP members

  3. Video

    Banking for women in Sri Lanka

    11 May 2008

    Rupa Manel Silva is tackling poverty in Sri Lanka with a bank for women. ILO TV reports for CNN World Report.

  4. Video

    A Banker for Sri Lankan Women: Rupa Manel Silva

    06 March 2008

    A new report from the International Labour Organization shows that economic empowerment for women is vital for equal participation of women and men in the labour market and equal access to obtaining decent work. In Sri Lanka, Rupa Manel Silva is leading the way with a bank run by women for women.