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- In India, the perception of women’s employment and leadership may be biased due to historical ignorance of women’s abilities, the diversity of sociopolitical systems, and the gradual disintegration of social structures.
- Analyzing why only one-in-five of Viet Nam’s small businesses are women-owned, this publication outlines the major legal, financial, and societal hurdles they face and explores ways to raise awareness and better support women entrepreneurs in the fast-growing economy.
- Sách Trắng phân tích nguyên do vì sao chỉ có một phần năm các doanh nghiệp nhỏ tại Việt Nam do phụ nữ làm chủ (DNNVV-PNLC). Sách trắng cũng chỉ ra những rào cản chính về pháp lý, tài chính và xã hội mà họ phải đối mặt. Ngoài ra, ấn phẩm cũng tìm kiếm các phương thức nhằm nâng cao nhận thức và hỗ trợ các nữ doanh nhân tốt hơn nữa trong thời đại kinh tế đang phát triển.
- This note is intended to guide the Asian Development Bank (ADB), executing and implementing agencies, consultants, and contractors in setting up, adapting, and managing grievance redress mechanisms assigned to receive reports on sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment in ADB-financed projects with civil works.
- ADB's South Asia Department (SARD) conducted a study to assess the status and responses to the needs of disadvantaged groups in its member countries and identify entry points for greater gender equality and social inclusion impacts in its operations.
- Examining how the livelihoods, health, and well-being of women in Central and West Asia were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, this report assesses responses and considers how the experience can guide gender mainstreaming.
- Underlining why gender equality is a core component of sustainable infrastructure design, this report considers four key ADB investment sectors in Asia and the Pacific and sets out ways to evaluate gender-enhanced project outcomes.
- Using matched data from three sources in Lahore, Pakistan, the paper finds that employers’ gender restrictions are a larger constraint on women’s job opportunities than supply-side decisions.
- The female labor force participation rate in India has seen a declining trend since the 1990s despite strong economic growth, decline in fertility, expansion of education, and improved access to infrastructure
- G20’s commitments have focused on advancing women’s entrepreneurship but have not fully considered their challenges to participate in cross-border trade.
- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has various tools to support gender mainstreaming, but these tools are not tailored to public–private partnerships (PPPs). ADB developed this tool kit for anyone engaged in PPP operations to integrate gender considerations in PPP projects throughout the development cycle.
- Indonesia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial drivers of economic growth, and this joint publication with Gojek looks at the potential of digital sales to strengthen their resilience.
- The unequal burden of care work is a significant structural barrier preventing women from joining the formal workforce in developing and developed countries.
- This report assesses the hurdles Philippine micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) face to access the financial services they need to grow and outlines how to promote an entrepreneurial ecosystem that enables women-owned MSMEs to thrive.
- This study analyzes gender gaps in Asia and the Pacific’s labor market and shows why removing the barriers preventing women accessing decent work, increasing pay, and improving working conditions can drive inclusive development and economic growth.
- Entrepreneurship is significant in driving economic growth and job creation and can be a powerful tool for achieving the goals of gender equality and enhancing women’s empowerment.
- This brief analyzes ways to economically empower women in rural Tajikistan and highlights how better integrating measures into the development of critical transport infrastructure projects can help narrow the substantial gender gap.
- Read our guidance note to learn how financial institutions can integrate sex-disaggregated data to evaluate women’s creditworthiness and make lending decisions.
- Women around the world were disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, both economically and socially.
- This publication shares insights on how private sector financial institutions in Fiji can help women who own micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises to access credit, estimating unmet demand at $111 million.