Resources on social finance

  1. © ILO 2024

    UN General Assembly

    UN Secretary-General calls for accelerated action on jobs and social protection

    28 September 2021

    Deeply diverging recoveries threaten to undermine trust and solidarity and make the world more vulnerable to future crises, including climate change. In response the UN and ILO have established a ‘Global Accelerator’ to help ensure global financing to create 400 million jobs and extend social protection to 4 billion people currently without coverage.

  2. Kenya

    Call for proposals from financial services providers to access technical assistance to extend financial services to refugees and host communities in Kenya

    16 September 2021

  3. Uganda

    Call for proposals from financial services providers to access technical assistance to extend financial services to refugees and host communities in Uganda

    16 September 2021

  4. Statement

    Global Preparatory Meeting on the Post-2015 Framework for Development - Concluding remarks by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs

    16 May 2012

    José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment Sector of the ILO delivered his concuding remarks at the Global Preparatory Meeting on the Post-2015 Framework for Development at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute

  5. Statement

    "Growth, Structural Change and Employment" - Statement by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs

    15 May 2012

    Opening remarks by Jose M. Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Director for Employment Sector of the ILO delivered at the Global Preparatory Meeting on the Post-2015 Framework for Development at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Research Institute

  6. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #27: Financial intermediation

    01 April 2002

    A contributing factor to economic growth and employment