Social finance

The financial sector is an influential player in the world of work. Investments, loans and insurance can be powerful drivers to create jobs, improve working conditions and enhance resilience. The ILO’s Social Finance Programme engages with the financial sector to explore how it can contribute to decent work and social justice.
Our engagement with the financial sector is three-fold, dealing with different sets of players in the financial sector: We also amplify the insights and recommendations by engaging with networks and industry associations.
Latest updates
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News
The ILO and IFC launch a second year-long Community of Practice among insurers to reduce the protection gap for women
17 March 2023
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Project
Targeting women in insurance
10 March 2023
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Project
Feasibility study and design of an impact bond to reduce child labour in Côte d’Ivoire
07 March 2023
Highlight
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Annual Report
Read the Social Finance 2021 Annual Report
The Annual Report 2021 highlights the achievements of the Social Finance Programme over the past year. The report covers developments in Social Finance's three streams of work: financial inclusion, impact insurance and sustainable investing.
Projects with a social finance component
Global
Project name: Support CFC’s Development of a Social and Environmental Management SystemResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a28xobn
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services
Starts on: 12/4/18
Ends on: 3/31/20
Social Finance theme: Sustainable investing
Global
Project name: Building capacity for social compliance of investments in agriculture in Africa (AATIF)Responsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#ai21hxm
Type of intervention: Technical assistance, capacity building
Starts on: 7/1/12
Ends on: 7/14/21
Social Finance theme: Sustainable investing
Global
Project name: Partnership with Insurance for Rural Resilience & Economic Development (INSURED)Responsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#btj0h1b
Type of intervention: Technical assistance, capacity building
Starts on: 11/8/18
Ends on: 12/31/21
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: A Global Action Network to make agriculture insurance work betterResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#ado75e2
Type of intervention: Capacity building
Starts on: 10/1/14
Ends on: 12/31/19
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Change Management to achieve impact with insurance - Phase IIResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2r6p31
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services, capacity building
Starts on: 4/1/16
Ends on: 11/30/19
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Partnership for improving Prospects for host communities and forcibly displaced persons (PROSPECTS)Responsible unit/department: Policy
Web link: https://www.ilo.org/global/programmes-and-projects/prospects/WCMS_725066/lang--en/index.htm
Type of intervention: Capacity building
Starts on: 7/1/19
Ends on: 6/30/23
Social Finance theme: Financial inclusion
Global
Project name: Joining Forces To Promote Impact InsuranceResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2b2urq
Type of intervention: Innovative financial services, capacity building
Starts on: 6/1/18
Ends on: 5/31/21
Social Finance theme: Impact insurance
Global
Project name: Le rôle de l’Economie Sociale et Solidaire dans le développement durable, et l’avenir du travail et de l’emploiResponsible unit/department: Social Finance
Web link: https://ilo.org/DevelopmentCooperationDashboard/#a2sa6ka
Type of intervention: Research
Starts on: 12/2/15
Ends on: 12/31/19
Social Finance theme: Financial inclusion