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Cambodia’s garment industry, the rapid shift from traditional cash-based wages to digital payment methods has gained remarkable momentum in recent years. Currently, over 50% of the 690 factories registered with the Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) Programme are using financial institutions to directly pay employees. While the benefits for factories are now evidenced in the literature; a significant gap remains in how this digital wage transition impacts women workers both in Cambodia’s garment sector and beyond. 

The Project Advisory Committee (PAC) of the ILO Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) programme met to discuss on joint action plan and joint assessment plans.

Digitizing wages in the Cambodian garment sector has the potential to drive efficiency in the supply chain, while bringing large numbers of unbanked workers, especially women, into the formal financial system. However, paying wages digitally also requires factories to fully digitize their payroll system, which could help with audits and compliance requirements of buyers and …