All new 2022 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 […]
Announcements
The latest news and announcements from the Global Living Wage Coalition.
Introducing: Living Wage and Living Income for Sustainable Diets
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are delighted to announce a new publication in the working paper series, Living Wage and Living Income for Sustainable Diets. What is needed to make nutrition more sustainable for workers and their families globally? The Anker methodology, the basis of Anker Living Wage and Income reports, takes into account nutrition […]
Updating Anker Benchmark Living Wage and Living Income Estimates
Photo credit: Samuel Stacey, WorldFish Anker living wage and living income Benchmark estimates will be updated by the Anker Research Institute on an annual basis starting in 2022. This is a change from previous years when estimates were updated every other year. Annual updates to account for inflation are important to ensure that living […]
New Living Wage Update: Northwest Nicaragua
The Global Living Wage Coalition and Anker Living Wage and Income Research Network are happy to announce the release of a living wage update for northwest Nicaragua. The study, originally conducted in 2019, has been updated to account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original reporting. This […]
Six New Living Wage Updates for China!
The Global Living Wage Coalition and Anker Research Institute are excited to share new living wage updates for six cities in China: Chengdu, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, and Zhengzhou. The studies were originally conducted in 2019, and these updates account for changes in inflation, exchange rates, costs of living, and policy changes since the original […]
The GLWC Action Network welcomes Fair Trade USA
Since 2013, the Global Living Wage Coalition has been at the forefront of driving knowledge-based living wage action in supply chains. Following the GLWC’s restructure into two independent but complementary entities (the Anker Research Institute and GLWC Action Network), the coalition is expanding! New members bring significant opportunities to extend the Coalition’s thinking and action […]
New Living Wage Updates for India, Ethiopia, and Uganda
The GLWC and Anker Research Institute are happy to share that 2021 Living Wage Updates for India, Ethiopia, and Uganda are now available. These new living wage reports for Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, India; the non-metropolitan urban Ziway Region of Ethiopia; and the rural Lake Victoria basin of Uganda, update living wage estimates to account for […]
New Reference Value for Urban Cambodia
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are pleased to share the new 2021 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of Cambodia. Anker Reference Values for living wages and living incomes are based on a methodology developed by Richard and Martha Anker and Ian Prates, using a regression analysis of the 40 quality-assured […]
New Reference Value for Urban Turkey
The GLWC and The Anker Research Institute are pleased to share the new 2021 Living Wage Reference Value for typical urban areas of Turkey. Anker Reference Values for living wages and living incomes are based on a methodology developed by Richard and Martha Anker and Ian Prates, using a regression analysis of the 40 quality-assured Anker […]
New Benchmark for Rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan
The GLWC is pleased to share a brand new Living Income Benchmark report for the rural Charsadda, Mardan, and Swabi districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. The study, conducted in April 2021, includes living wage estimates that workers in rural Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan need to receive each month to afford a basic but decent […]
