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The female labor force participation rate in India has seen a declining trend since the 1990s despite strong economic growth, decline in…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Fernandez, Cledwyn |Puri, Havishaye

India

01 Dec 2023

G20’s commitments have focused on advancing women’s entrepreneurship but have not fully considered their challenges to participate in…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Taneja, Nisha |Joshi, Sanjana |Prakash, Shravani |Dasgupta, Pawani |Dua, Sanya

Other

30 Nov 2023

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has various tools to support gender mainstreaming, but these tools are not tailored to public–private…

Other

21 Nov 2023

Indonesia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are crucial drivers of economic growth, and this joint publication with…

Indonesia

24 Oct 2023

The unequal burden of care work is a significant structural barrier preventing women from joining the formal workforce in developing and…

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Jhabvala, Renana |Pandey, Sakshi|Mohanty, Sanjana |Dey, Nandini |Rahut, Dil B.|Seetharam, K. E.

India

18 Oct 2023

This study analyzes gender gaps in Asia and the Pacific’s labor market and shows why removing the barriers preventing women accessing…

Other

11 Oct 2023

Entrepreneurship is significant in driving economic growth and job creation and can be a powerful tool for achieving the goals of gender…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Swaminathan, Hema|Martinez, Arturo Jr.|Joshi, Kaushal|Addawe, Mildred|Soco, Christian Flora Mae|Baes-Espineda, Remedios

Georgia

10 Oct 2023

This brief analyzes ways to economically empower women in rural Tajikistan and highlights how better integrating measures into the…

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Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Idei, Rika|Taniguchi, Kiyoshi|Bakhtibekova, Zulfiya

Tajikistan

20 Sep 2023

Read our guidance note to learn how financial institutions can integrate sex-disaggregated data to evaluate women’s creditworthiness and…

Other

31 Aug 2023