Since launching in 2005, Good World Solutions has  positively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of workers in the developing world through our Fair Wage Guide project.

Impact of the Fair Wage Guide

After 5+ years of refining the Fair Wage Guide and recruiting organizations to adopt the tool, we can proudly say that more than 900 NGOs and businesses in 81 countries have adopted the Guide into their systems. This has translated into real change for artisans around the globe. A recent survey revealed that:

• 95 percent of users report that the Fair Wage Guide is a useful tool to improve wages.
• 80 percent of our users report increased earnings for workers from 5-200 percent after using the Fair Wage Guide.
• Workers have seen their incomes increase by, on average, 20 percent after using the Fair Wage Guide.

Testimonial about the Fair Wage Guide

The artisans working with Malindi Handicrafts have been using the Fair Wage Guide since 2007 to determine their labor cost and ensure they are charging enough for their products to cover a fair wage. Malindi Handcrafts is the second largest producer of hand carved functional and decorative wood pieces in Kenya. They work with 1560 carvers, who make over 1000 unique designs. “This Fair Wage Guide has been invaluable to us and is now paving the way for us to maintain records for our items and actually recording the labor involved with making our pieces,” claimed Grover Ainsworth, a Peace Corps Volunteer working with Malindi. “Many of the artisans I know do not value their labor, so this tool is getting people to see that their hard work should be compensated. Our customers appreciate that we can now provide evidence to support our pricing. We were actually producing one item for a client at a loss and did not realize it until we used the Wage Guide. When we forwarded the Wage Guide results to our client, the client agreed to pay the higher price for the item. So, please keep up the most excellent work.”

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