These reports estimate the wage a worker in one of these six cities in China needs to receive each month to afford a basic but decent standard of living.

Read the reports:

Living Wage Update 2021: Chengdu, China

Living Wage Update 2021: Hangzhou, China

Living Wage Update 2021: Shanghai, China

Living Wage Update2021 : Shenzhen, China

Living Wage Update 2021: Suzhou, China

Living Wage Update 2021: Zhengzhu, China

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With more and more consumers demanding more ethical conditions for workers around the world, the conversation about living wages has never been more relevant. Anker Research Institute Living Wage and Income Sponsors will ensure a sustainable future for the Anker Research Institute’s important living wage and living income research and studies on topics of interest, used by researchers, companies, civil society organizations and many more.

In return for their support of the Institute and its mission, Corporate Sponsors will gain public recognition of their sponsorship, a forum for group discussion and an inside look into upcoming studies. Corporate Sponsors will also be able to help usher into reality a world in which living wages and incomes, sustainable livelihoods and decent work are possible for all workers.

For more information or to find out how to become a Corporate Sponsor, contact inquiries@ankerinstitute.org.

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The GLWC is pleased to share 2019 living wage updates for Rural and Urban Sialkot, Pakistan. These are with context in the sports-ball manufacturing industry in Sialkot, Punjab Province, Pakistan. These reports update living wage estimates to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original reporting.

Read the newest updates:

• Rural Sialkot, Pakistan
• Urban Sialkot, Pakistan

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Managua, Nicaragua

This report, commissioned by Patagonia, estimates a living wage for workers in the capital of Nicaragua, with a special focus on workers in the Las Mercedes Industrial Park and Free Trade Zone near the airport of Managua. Because the GLWC has previously published a benchmark report for northwestern Nicaragua, this report also offered a unique opportunity to compare Anker living wage estimates between the richest and poorest regions of a single country. Read the report.

Caribbean coast of Colombia

This report estimates a living wage for the banana growing regions of Colombia: Magdalena, Guajira and Urabá, located in Northern Colombia along the Caribbean coast. This study was conducted in 2018 and includes an update to January 2020. Read the report.

Coming Soon!

The following reports are near completion and we hope to release them in the coming months.

• Living Wage Benchmark Report for Rural Ecuador, banana industry
• Living Wage Benchmark Report for Rural India (Nilgris Region, Tamil Nadu), tea industry

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