Rokin Banks: 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance
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| author | Akira Kurimoto Takashi Koseki Valerie Breda |
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| contents | Rokin Banks: 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance Akira Kurimoto Takashi Koseki Valerie Breda This working paper documents the experience of Japanese union-led cooperative financial institutions and trade unions in enhancing workers’ access to finance. The working paper highlights 70 years of experience of Rokin Banks in providing access to finance for workers, and in particular low income workers. The paper reviews the factors that contributed to the success and longevity of the model as well as the strategies that Rokin Banks chose to address the challenges of a changing labour movement, a changing world of work, and a highly competitive financial sector. This working paper was produced in close collaboration with the National Association of Labour Banks in Japan and the ILO Office for Japan. Social Finance working paper, no. 76, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry |
| format | Entrada de enciclopedia |
| id | ilo_995219455902676 |
| institution | Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT) |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publisher | International Labour Organization |
| spellingShingle | Rokin Banks: 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance Akira Kurimoto Takashi Koseki Valerie Breda Rokin Banks: 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance Akira Kurimoto Takashi Koseki Valerie Breda This working paper documents the experience of Japanese union-led cooperative financial institutions and trade unions in enhancing workers’ access to finance. The working paper highlights 70 years of experience of Rokin Banks in providing access to finance for workers, and in particular low income workers. The paper reviews the factors that contributed to the success and longevity of the model as well as the strategies that Rokin Banks chose to address the challenges of a changing labour movement, a changing world of work, and a highly competitive financial sector. This working paper was produced in close collaboration with the National Association of Labour Banks in Japan and the ILO Office for Japan. Social Finance working paper, no. 76, ILO publication.encyclopediaEntry |
| title | Rokin Banks: 70 years of efforts to build an inclusive society in Japan through enhancing workers’ access to finance |
| url | https://researchrepository.ilo.org/esploro/outputs/encyclopediaEntry/Rokin-Banks-70-years-of-efforts/995219455902676 |