Resources on social finance

  1. Publication

    Digital wages for decent work in Indonesia - a rapid assessment

    31 May 2023

    Digital wage payments (through bank accounts, mobile money wallets or prepaid cards) can benefit workers and enterprises and contribute to achieving public policy goals. But the transition from cash to responsible digital wages brings challenges such as limited financial infrastructure and new systems and tools that enterprises and workers need to adopt. The ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work conducted a rapid assessment that analyses the potential for responsible digital wages in Indonesia.

  2. Social finance

    Digital Wages for Decent Work in the Philippines: Fact sheet

    22 May 2023

    The project fact sheet provides an overview of about the ILO's Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work initiative in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the responsible transition from cash to digital wage payments.

  3. Publication

    Brief: Promoting responsible digital wage payments

    27 March 2023

    Digital wage payments (wages paid into a bank or mobile account or a prepaid card) have become the norm for most workers worldwide. But millions of workers still lack access to them. When designed and offered responsibly, digital wage payments can benefit workers, employers, and governments, contributing to sustainable enterprises and worker well-being. This brief gives an overview of the different considerations to maximize the potential of digital wage payments.

  4. Training

    Effective investment facilitation and sustainable development

    This five-day course will help investment promotion agencies to strengthen their investment promotion and facilitation capacities, expand their after-care services and, more broadly, enhance the development impacts of FDI flowing into their countries, particularly as regards the creation of more and better jobs. The course is run jointly by WAIPA (World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies) and the International Labour Organization (ILO).

  5. Event

    Workshop on digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment industry

    Better Factories Cambodia, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training in Cambodia and the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work, hosted a one-day workshop on promoting responsible digital wage payments in Cambodia’s garment industry.

  6. Event

    Financial Inclusion Week 2022: Scaling responsible digital wages for inclusive growth

    The Centre for Financial Inclusion organized the eighth edition of the Financial Inclusion Week from 17 to 20 October 2022. The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work participated in a joint session with Better Than Cash Alliance and BSR on “Scaling responsible digital wages for inclusive growth”.

  7. News

    The impact of digitalization in the financial sector: call for consultants

    08 July 2022

    A review of policies and practices in the financial sector that address the impact of digitalization and harness the potential of digital technologies to achieve decent work