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The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.

New 2023 Benchmark & Reference Value Updates

September 26, 2023

All new 2023 Benchmark and Reference Value updates for banana-growing regions around the world are now available from the GLWC and Anker Research Institute. New Benchmark updates are available for: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, Michoacán, Mexico, and Northwest Nicaragua. New Reference Value updates are available for Panama, Peru, Cameroon, and […]

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Analysis of Gender & the Anker Methodology Explores Pay Equality on Equal Pay Day

September 18, 2023

While equal pay for men and women doing the same work is increasingly common, there are often wide gaps between the average pay of all men in an organisation compared to the average pay of all women, and closing these gender pay gaps is proving difficult. Over the past two years, the Anker Research Institute […]

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Tea production in Assam and West Bengal: Are stakeholders ready to advance on living wages for workers?

September 6, 2023

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 […]

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ICO’s Coffee Public Private Task Force brings attention to decent standard of living for coffee farmers worldwide

June 22, 2023

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 […]

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New Benchmark Report for Rural Areas and Small Towns in Yucatan, Mexico

June 6, 2023

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 […]

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New 2022 Living Wage Reference Value for Chad

May 29, 2023

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 […]

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New Benchmark Report for Rural Madhya Pradesh, India

May 15, 2023

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, […]

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New Living Wage Reference Value for Republic of Congo

May 3, 2023

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 […]

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New Reference Values for Guatemala and Jordan

April 21, 2023

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. […]

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Anker Research Institute presents Living Wage Benchmark for Rural Cibao Norte, Dominican Republic to stakeholders

April 19, 2023

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 […]

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