Promoting responsible digital wage payments – Recent trends and lessons learnt from research

The ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work and the UN-based Better Than Cash Alliance organize this session as part of the Global Learning Exchange Series on Digital Wage Payments. The Global Learning Exchange Series brings stakeholders together to share learning, challenges, action-driven recommendations, tools, and methodologies to better support and accelerate the transition to responsible digital wage payments. In this webinar, we will discuss recent trends in digital wage payments and challenges for its responsible implementation. We will draw on the findings of the Global Findex Database, the recently released ILO Brief on Promoting Responsible Digital Wage Payments as well as recent evidence and learnings from a selection of countries. We are honoured to host industry experts as speakers who will share valuable insights and best practices on the topic.

Speakers:

• Leora Klapper, Lead Economist, World Bank Development Research Group
• Luis Rodrigo Morales, Director for Industrial Relations and ILO Coordination, International Organisation of Employers
• Evelyn Astor, Economic and Social Policy Advisor, International Trade Union Confederation
• Prerna Saxena, Head of Asia Pacific, UN Better than Cash Alliance.
• Valerie Breda, Technical Expert, the ILO’s Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work