ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Yana van der Meulen Rodgers
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Gender, Entrepreneurship and Coping with the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of GoFood Merchants in Indonesia
Online platforms provide an opportunity for businesses to sell their products to a larger consumer base.
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Gender Differences in Access to Health Care Among the Elderly: Evidence from Southeast Asia
This paper examines gender among other factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast Asia from meeting their health-care needs based on data from Cambodia, the Philippines, and Viet Nam.
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Expected Work Experience: A New Human Capital Measure
This paper explains a proxy measure for work experience that uses readily available information on labor force participation rates by age and gender and supports greater understanding of the gender wage gap.
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Inclusive Growth and Gender Inequality
Economic necessity is a key factor driving women to join in market-based employment in Asia’s low-income countries. But married women’s role in the household reduces the likelihood of their labor market participation.
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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Earnings Gap
This paper develops an alternative and more comprehensive framework for decomposing the gender earnings gap into across-occupation and within-occupation factors.