Gender-Inclusive Development through Fintech: Studying Gender-Based Digital Financial Inclusion in a Cross-Economy Setting
Health, education, the labor force participation rate, and political empowerment of women significantly impact the digital financial inclusion of women.
Addressing Menstrual Health in Urban, Water, and Sanitation Interventions in the Pacific: Practitioner Guide
This guide provides practical tips for addressing menstrual health as part of urban development, water, and sanitation work in the Pacific to promote gender equality and well-being.
Developing Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategies for Sector Agencies in South Asia: A Guidance Note
This guidance note outlines how sector agencies in South Asia can develop gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) strategies, highlights their key elements, and shows how to effectively integrate them into projects and policies.
Facilitating Entrepreneurship Growth By Lifting Barriers
This White Book analyzes the performance of WSMEs in Viet Nam and the barriers they face. It also reviews the current legal framework, including existing policy support, regulatory gaps, and inefficiencies affecting the performance and growth of WSMEs.
Women’s Resilience: How Laws and Policies Promote Gender Equality in Climate Change, Environment, and Disaster Risk Management in Asia and the Pacific
Analyzing why women are disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change and disasters, it explains how inequalities in the region are perpetuated by gender-neutral laws and policies. It explains the need for a coordinated and integrated approach that includes combatting violence, giving women a bigger role in decision making, and improving access to decent work so they equally benefit from sustainable development.
A Tool Kit for Promoting Gender Equality in Public-Private Partnerships
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.
Enhancing Gender Equality in Infrastructure Development: Theories of Change, Indicators, and Sector Strategies
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.
Steps for Integrating Sex-Disaggregated Data in a Financial Institution
Read our guidance note to learn how financial institutions can integrate sex-disaggregated data to evaluate women’s creditworthiness and make lending decisions.
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