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Promoting Decent Work by Digitizing Wages Responsibly in Jordan

SDGs Impacted

At the onset of the pandemic, the government of Jordan and the financial sector worked together to make it possible to safely onboard consumers to digital banking. In partnership with Better Work, ILO, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, we documented the business case for responsible wage digitization in the Jordanian garment industry and how Jordan can build on this upward trend in digital infrastructure and digital transactions, to benefit from a responsible and sustainable transition to digital wages.

Impact / Outcome
With digital wages, garment workers can access value-added financial services, to pay bills, make purchases, send money abroad, start to build their credit history, and save, conveniently and within seconds.
Funding sources
Public/Private
Key Metrics
Implement an inclusive digital payment system
Locations
Middle East & North Africa, Jordan, Jordan
Sector
Financial services
Intervention levers
Regulation, Policy
Operating model
Public-private partnership
Year published
26 October 2021

The EDISON Alliance

A World Economic Forum Initiative