Resources on social finance

  1. COVID-19 and the world of work

    Creating a post-pandemic Future of Work in the Caribbean: Recommendations for achieving resilient labour markets

    Registration is required to attend this Zoom webinar

  2. Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators

    Rokin Labour Banks: Financial cooperatives for workers in Japan

    31 October 2017

    "Spotlight Interviews with Cooperators" is a series of interviews with cooperative leaders from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work with cooperatives. For this issue ILO interviewed Mr Toshihiro Akahori, Deputy General Manager, Planning and International Department of National Association of Labour Banks (NALB) in Japan. Prior to joining NALB in 2015, he worked at Shizuoka Rokin Labour Bank in Shizuoka Prefecture from 1997 to 2015.

  3. Instructional material

    Training Materials on Inclusive finance for workers

    29 August 2015

  4. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #56: Strategies for unions to provide benefits and financial services to workers

    08 May 2012

    Experiences in the United States

  5. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #55: ROKIN Bank

    13 October 2011

    The story of workers’ organizations that successfully promote financial inclusion

  6. Publication

    Social Finance Working Paper #51: Trade unions and financial inclusion

    05 February 2008

    The case of South Africa