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Anker Sub-National Living Wage estimate for Bogota, Colombia

Starting with two previous Anker Methodology Living Wage Benchmark studies carried out in Colombia (for banana-producing and coffee-producing regions, respectively), this report uses secondary data to extrapolate living costs and living wages to the capital city of Bogotá. The gross living wage for the city of Bogotá was found to be COP 3,144,579 (USD 764) for 2022, which is around 2.4 times the minimum wage.

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Living Wage in Pakistan: Estimates,Adoption and Policy Challenges

How much does it cost for a worker and their family to live a basic but decent life in Pakistan? This paper explores this question using the concept of a living wage. The paper provides consolidated and updated living wage estimates for two rural regions and one urban region of Pakistan. The paper then examines the existing policy framework on returns to labour in general and minimum wages in particular and demonstrates its shortcomings in ensuring decent wages for workers.

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METHODOLOGICAL REPORT: Anker Sub-National Living Income and Living Wage Estimates

This report describes and uses the recently developed Ank- er Methodology® to obtain sub-national living income and living wage estimates. Using Brazil as a pilot country, the methodology calculates living incomes and living wages for Brazilian state capital cities, surrounding metropolitan areas, and mesoregions in the rest of each state.

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