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Rebuilding trust through financial education – Juliet's journey

Discover how financial education is rebuilding trust in Ghana’s banking system. Follow Juliet’s journey from loss and distrust to empowerment through the ILO ACCEL Africa Project’s training, showing how financial literacy transforms lives and...

Insights from the ACCEL Africa Project

Pushing the frontier of financial innovation to combat child labour

ACCEL Africa Project is pushing the boundaries of financial innovation to combat child labour—by equipping financial institutions, piloting digital and climate-smart tools, and funding local solutions that build household resilience across Africa.

Tunisia advances inclusive development through the social and solidarity economy

ILO and partners convened a National Social and Solidarity Economy Forum in Tunisia showcasing youth empowerment, multi-sector innovation, and a national dialogue on scaling the social and solidarity economy (SSE) for inclusive and sustainable...

PAGE Regional Academy for Africa: Harnessing the power of green finance for a just transition

The inaugural Academy marked a significant step in building capacity and fostering South-South collaboration among African nations.

Multi-stakeholder workshop and community engagements advance decent work and financial inclusion in Ghana

The ILO has convened a two-day multi-stakeholder workshop in Accra, Ghana, to catalyse innovative and inclusive financial solutions that address decent work deficits and promote economic inclusion for vulnerable workers, including cocoa farmers,...

World Forum for Local Economic Development 2025

ILO champions social and solidarity economy for local transformation

The ILO highlighted the transformative role of the social and solidarity economy (SSE) in fostering sustainable development, resilience, quality care services, youth employment, and financial inclusion at the VI World Forum for Local Economic...

Empowering farmers and fighting child labour through digital innovation: MobiPay and ACCEL Africa

ACCEL Africa partners with MobiPay to eliminate child labour in Uganda’s coffee and tea sectors by boosting rural incomes through smart farming, financial inclusion, and digital tools for smallholder farmers.

New incentives needed to make enterprise formalization more attractive

At an InfoPoint conference organized by the European Commission, the ILO discussed ways to make the transition of enterprises towards formality more attractive.

Digital wages

The Global Centre on Digital Wages for Decent Work launches second phase to expand responsible wage digitization efforts

Financial education: A catalyst for transformation for cotton producers and artisanal gold miners in Mali

In Mali, financial education is becoming a powerful tool for cotton producers and artisanal gold miners. In November 2024, in Sikasso, the ILO and the ACCEL Africa project launched an initiative aimed at strengthening communities’ financial...

Financial inclusion

ILO at the European Microfinance Week 2024: Advancing Financial Inclusion for Forcibly Displaced Persons and Host Communities

As leaders and practitioners gathered to explore critical financial inclusion challenges, the ILO brought its expertise to the forefront through key contributions to plenary sessions and deep dives on financial inclusion for forcibly displaced...

Just transition

Emerging Insight: From a climate transition to a just transition

The financial sector has reasons and levers to act.

Building women's resilience

The ILO and IFC launch a third year-long Community of Practice among insurers to reduce the protection gap for women

The continued partnership will lead a new group of 17 insurance-industry organizations from 12 countries over the next year to better understand and serve the women’s insurance market – supporting both financial inclusion and employment...

Agricultural insurance at the heart of climate resilience in Mali: an innovative approach to protect livelihoods and combat child labour

Faced with the increasing challenges of climate change and its devastating impacts on Malian cotton farmers, the ACCEL Africa project has introduced an innovative agricultural insurance initiative in partnership with Pula Advisors and AGRA. This...

Emerging Insight: The power of technical assistance to unlock investments in the agricultural sector

Digital wages

Micro and Small Businesses in Peru Strengthen Their Capabilities to Advance Towards Digital Wages

More than a hundred entrepreneurs and professionals from agricultural, tourism, services, and commerce companies in Cusco and La Libertad will be able to apply practical tools for wage digitalization, benefiting their workers and their business....

Emerging Insight: Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument

Emerging Insight: Unveiling the Japan Decent Work 8 Index

Emerging Insight: Seizing the women's insurance market

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