The concept of living wages is based on the fundamental principle that workers should earn sufficiently to afford a decent standard of living for themselves and their families. Although some might argue that the concept is abstract and alien, its roots lie in the Preamble to the ILO Constitution, adopted by governments in 1919, that […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
ICO’s Coffee Public Private Task Force brings attention to decent standard of living for coffee farmers worldwide
Commissioned and financed by the ICO Coffee Public-Private Task Force’s Living-Prosperous Income Workstream, the ICO is partnering with the Anker Research Institute to undertake Anker Living Income Benchmarks, robust studies of the costs of a decent standard of living, for smallholder coffee farmers in key origins: Ethiopia, Indonesia, Mexico and Vietnam. The Anker Research Institute […]
New Benchmark Report for Rural Areas and Small Towns in Yucatan, Mexico
The GLWC is pleased to share a brand new Living Wage Benchmark report for rural areas and small towns in Yucatan, Mexico for 2022. The study estimates the living wage that a typical worker would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living, as well as the cost of living. This […]
New 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for Chad
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are delighted to announce a new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical rural areas of Chad. This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in rural areas of Chad would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker Reference Values for living wages […]
New Benchmark Report for Rural Madhya Pradesh, India
A new Living Wage and Living Income Benchmark report for typical rural areas of Madhya Pradesh, India, released by the Anker Research Institute, reveals that current measures of poverty and adequate income levels are far below the reality. This report, authored by a team of well-known Indian researchers who partnered with the Anker Research Institute, […]
New Living Wage Reference Value for Republic of Congo
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are delighted to announce a new 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for typical rural areas of the Republic of Congo. This Reference Value estimates the wage a worker in rural areas of Congo would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. Anker Reference Values […]
New Reference Values for Guatemala and Jordan
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are pleased to announce two new 2022 Living Wage Reference Values for typical urban areas of Guatemala and Jordan. These Reference Values estimate the wage a worker in typical urban areas of both Guatemala and Jordan would need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent living. […]
Anker Research Institute presents Living Wage Benchmark for Rural Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic to stakeholders
On March 9th, 2023, the Anker Research Institute presented the draft Living Wage Benchmark Report for Rural Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic to an open meeting for stakeholders in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. The stakeholder feedback meeting is an important step in the Anker Methodology for Estimating Living Wages, ensuring that the research process […]
Anker Research Institute Releases Living Income and Living Wage Study for the Colombian Coffee Sector
On March 31, 2023, Verité in partnership with the Anker Research Institute, published the “Living Income and Living Wage Report: Rural Areas and Small Towns of Central Colombia. ” In addition to providing a benchmark for the Colombian coffee sector, the study results provide a living wage and living income benchmark for a pilot project […]
New: First of Its Kind Study Explores Gender Pay Gaps in the Colombia Banana Export Sector
Today marks the publication of the Anker Research Institute’s Gender Pay Gap study in the Colombian banana sector, the first of five to pilot the Institute’s methodology for measuring gender pay gaps at the workplace level. The development of this methodology and release of the first study are important steps forward for the living wage […]
