Resources on social finance

  1. Document

    Enterprises Monthly Newsletter

    20 December 2023

  2. 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.

  3. Publication

    Integrated enterprise, cooperative and financial services assessment on refugees and host communities around Jigjiga, Somali Region, and Shire, Tigray Region, Ethiopia

    13 December 2021

    The ILO conducted an assessment of the market systems (supply and demand) of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises development, business development services (BDS), cooperative promotion and access to financial services in the two regions.

  4. Publication

    Barriers for Access to Finance for MSMEs in North Macedonia: Stock of existing data and knowledge

    18 June 2021

  5. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs)

    Bringing Back Jobs Safely under the COVID-19 Crisis in the Philippines: Rebooting Small and Informal Businesses Safely and Digitally

    15 June 2021

    The ILO and the Government of Japan have partnered to help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) operate safely under the prolonged community quarantine and adapt to the New Normal business environment with improved workplace safety and health practices and better equipped to take advantage of the available digital tools and the expanding digital economy opportunities.

  6. Document

    About the Social Finance Programme

    02 October 2020

  7. Project documentation

    MF4DW Timeline

    23 July 2016