Resources on social finance

  1. © Sam Phelps/UNICEF Sierra Leone 2024

    Podcast

    Should we treat the care economy as an investment or a cost?

    26 October 2023

    Demand for care already outstrips supply and is expected to increase significantly in the future. Now, new ILO research suggests that spending on care – particularly childcare – could bring a return on investment of more than 3-to-1.

  2. Annual Meetings of the World Bank and the IMF

    ILO Director-General calls for greater international financial support for critical social needs in developing countries under fiscal stress

    12 October 2023

    In statements to the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings, the ILO’s Director-General underlined the importance of helping debt-distressed developing countries to support social protection and decent work.

  3. Building Bridges Week

    Energy transition: Green and just

    On 4 October 2023, the ILO participated in a panel discussion during the 2023 Building Bridges week, focussing on the energy transition and how the financial sector needs to address both climate and human rights concerns.

  4. News

    ILO Joins World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA)

    28 July 2023

    In June 2023, the International Labour Organization (ILO) joined the World Investment for Development Alliance (WIDA), a network of organizations from the investment-for-development community launched at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in May 2022.

  5. © ILO/OIT 2024

    Partnership

    ILO and IFC scale up collaboration on social issues in private investments

    17 March 2023

    In his address to the ILO Governing Body, the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation, Makhtar Diop, announced plans to reinforce the partnership with ILO.

  6. News

    Building Capacity in Investment Promotion to Advance the SDGs in least developed countries (LDCs)

    10 March 2023

    A side event was organised during the Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries to promote investment in SDG-related sectors and present strategies, programmes and tools for governments.

  7. News

    Building Capacity in Investment Promotion to Advance the SDGs in least developed countries (LDCs)

    10 March 2023