All publications: Financial and professional services
Policy brief
The role of central banks and other financial sector regulators and policymakers in job creation in Africa
Persistent unemployment, other forms of labour underutilization and pervasive informality remain a significant challenge in Africa, exacerbated by the fragility of the global economic and geopolitical climate, rising conflicts, and the slow pace of...
UNTFSSE Policy Brief
Financing for development: Unlocking the potential of the social and solidarity economy
The social and solidarity economy (SSE) plays an essential role in financing for development, serving as both a recipient and a provider of finance, and contributing to inclusive, resilient and sustainable development. Yet it remains insufficiently...
Social finance brief
Aligning financial systems with a just transition - Recommendations for the 4th International Financing for Development Conference
Addressing both social and environmental objectives is essential to mitigate risks and seize opportunities related to the low-carbon transition. A just transition requires supportive financial flows and enabling financial systems. The objective of...
Report
Scaling up digital wages: Lessons and challenges from India’s enabling environment
Drawing on research and insights from experts and policymakers, this report identifies nine key factors driving the rapid adoption of digital wages in India — ranging from digital ID integration and universal bank access to digitized social benefits...
Thematic brief
Decent work in an increasingly digitalized financial services sector
This thematic brief focuses on skills and employability issues in the digital financial services sector and it is the first in a series of briefs zooming in on the findings and analysis resulting from the study “Harnessing the potential of digital...
A system analysis of the financial market in Uganda and its potential to contribute to sustainable development
As part of the cooperation between the ILO and Sida to enhance the development impact of financing instruments, this publication analyzes supply and demand of financial services, as well as the regulatory and supporting environment affecting...
Sustainable Finance Working Group
Enhancing the social dimension in transition finance: towards a just transition
This paper, prepared for the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group, provides information and action-oriented recommendations informing the discussion of stakeholders in the transition finance ecosystem to accelerate a transition that is just.
A system analysis of the financial market in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Understanding the financial sector is a crucial step to design impactful financing instruments. This paper presents an analysis of the potential of the financial market in Bosnia and Herzegovina to contribute to Sida’s strategy goals. It analyses...
Harnessing the potential of digital technologies to achieve decent work in the financial sector: Policies and practices on the impact of...
The ILO report Policies and Practices in the Financial Sector that Address the Impact of Digitalization and Harness the Potential of Digital Technologies to Achieve Decent Work provides a global overview of policies, initiatives and practices...
Developing an impact monitoring system for Sida’s guarantee instrument
Credit guarantees can be a powerful instrument to achieve positive development results. This paper summarises findings from case studies, conducted in Guatemala and in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and illustrates their contribution to our work...
Digital wages for decent work in Indonesia - A rapid assessment
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...
Brief: Promoting responsible digital wage payments
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...
Social Finance Brief: KMBI's digitalization journey
This brief features the microfinance NGO KMBI in the Philippines and a digital finance pilot for integrated risk management solutions. The brief includes lessons learned that can help other microfinance institutions.
Digital wages for decent work in Peru - A rapid assessment
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...
Social Finance Brief: Responsible finance in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire
This brief assesses the responsibility of financial sector actors in eliminating child labour in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d’Ivoire. This includes current practices in the sector and recommendations to use their leverage role in tackling child...
Sustainable Finance Working Group
Finance for a Just Transition and the Role of Transition Finance
This input paper prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the 3rd G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group meeting addresses the key role that financial systems and their actors play in achieving a just transition.
Statistical profile
Private Security Services Sector
This Profile provides a statistical description of employment patterns and recent trends in the private security sector, including data for the 2020 COVID-19 period.
Digitalization and the future of work in the financial services sector
Issues paper for the Technical Meeting on the impact of digitalization in the finance sector (Geneva, 24-28 January 2022)
Law and practice on protecting whistle-blowers in the public and financial services sectors
This paper seeks to map out laws and practices and identify measures in place for the protection of whistle-blowers by analysing a representative sample of laws, regulations and international instruments.
Social Finance Working Paper #75: Innovative finance - putting your money to (decent) work
Social Finance has been working since late 2017 towards exploring further potential to engage with innovative finance stakeholders with the goal to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and, in particular, the goal of decent work and...