Emerging Lessons on Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific:

Abstract

Contents 3. Case Studies 3.1.ADB Case Studies a. Case Study #1 (First Approach): Enabling Women Entrepreneurs to Access Loans in Bangladesh: The Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Project b.Case Study #2 (Second Approach): Creating an Ecosystem That Is Conducive to Women's Participation in the Private Sector: Policy-Based Lending in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the Kyrgyz Republic, Armenia, and Kazakhstan c. Case Study #3 (Third Approach): Adopting a Regional Method for Empowering Women: The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative 3.2.The Asia Foundation Case Studies a. Empowering Migrant Women as Entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China: Opening New Doors with Existing Technology b. Nurturing Women's Entrepreneurship in Mongolia through Sustained Comprehensive Services: The Women's Business Center c. Expanding Access to Digital Financial Services for Women Entrepreneurs in viet Nam d.Evidence-Based Programming to Enhance Women's Economic Participation in Bangladesh: Women's Economic Empowerment through Strengthening Market Systems 3.3.Case Studies: Lessons 4. Opportunities for Future Research and Programming on Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific 4.1.Women-Friendly Business Models 4.2.Assessing the Impact of Commercial Laws on Women 4.3.Insurance Protection for Women 4.4.Pension Reform 4.5.The Role of Procurement Policies in Advancing Women's Businesses 4.6.Measuring Women's Entrepreneurship 4.7.The Relationship among violence against Women, Sexual Harassment, and Entrepreneurship 4.8.The Use of Crowdfunding and Peer-to-Peer Funding to Support Women EntrepreneursForEWorD G lobally, women's entrepreneurship is increasingly understood to be a key driver of economic growth and job creation.Indeed, an estimated $4.5 trillion would be added to Asia and the Pacific's gross domestic product by 2025 by closing the gender disparities in economic opportunities. 1 Widely recognized as a key component of women's economic empowerment, women's entrepreneurship has the potential to contribute significantly to advancing women's rights and increasing their influence. Emerging Lessons on Women's Entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific: Case Studies from the AsianDevelopment Bank and The Asia Foundation is a joint undertaking that is part of a wider commitment to enhancing cooperation and partnership between our two organizations with respect to gender equality, strengthened governance and public sector management, environmental sustainability, regional cooperation, and integration within the region.This publication provides a unique assessment of the current situation of women's entrepreneurship in the region, and includes key recommendations for contributing to an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs.The report identifies strategies for addressing gaps and leveraging opportunities for new and established entrepreneurs.Importantly, it explores the most pressing challenges women entrepreneurs face in Asia and the Pacific today, and considers how organizations, governments, donors, and the private sector can help women-owned businesses to prosper.It is our hope that this report will further strengthen the work of policymakers and the commitment by donors to supporting women's entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific through genderresponsive, evidence-based investments and programs.

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 17 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.