Indicators and methodologies for setting adequate wages

Background

This project seeks to develop indicators and methodologies that will strengthen the capacity of governments and social partners to negotiate and set adequate wage levels.

Many workers around the world continue to suffer from very low wages. By developing better indicators of the needs of workers and their families, which reflect national circumstances, the project seeks to fill a knowledge gap and strengthen the capacity of governments, social partners and enterprises to set wages that take into account both social and economic factors. Pilot countries of the project include Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
 

Methodology and Publications

For further information please see the following reports:

• A methodology to estimate the needs of workers and their families
• Estimating the needs of workers and their families in Costa Rica
• Estimating the needs of workers and their families in Ethiopia
• Estimating the needs of workers and their families in India
• Estimating the needs of workers and their families in Indonesia
• Estimating the needs of workers and their families in Viet Nam
• Towards greater inclusivity and equality in minimum wages: The case of piece-rate wages

Wages and working conditions in the banana, coffee and tea sectors

The following reports seek to contribute to a better understanding of the prevailing wages and working conditions in the banana, coffee and tea sectors to feed into the knowledge base for setting of adequate minimum wages, statutory or negotiated:

• Wages and working conditions in the banana sector: the case of Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, and Viet Nam
• Wages and working conditions in the coffee sector: the case of Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Viet Nam
• Wages and working conditions in the tea sector: the case of India, Indonesia and Viet Nam

NewForesight carried out three reports on workers' wages and working conditions in the banana, coffee and tea sector.

This project was supported and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.