Gender and Development: Projects and Results
Latest Project Results and Case Studies
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Uzbekistan: Helping Women One Small Loan at a Time
In Uzbekistan, a project that lends money to small businesses, with a focus on helping women entrepreneurs, is having a broad societal impact. -
Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Improving Lives and Saving Forests
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a community is creating new products without damaging the environment, empowering women in the process. -
Bangladesh: Throwing a Lifeline to Small Businesses
A partnership between Bangladesh and ADB provided loans to rural and women-owned businesses that struggled to access the credit needed to expand their operations. -
How Lao PDR is Using TVET to Break Gender Barriers at Work
Affirmative action, vouchers, social marketing, and homestay visits are helping break through gender barriers to “blue collar” work in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. -
Healthy Babies and Happy Mothers in Uzbekistan
Better training for health professionals, modern equipment and new facilities are helping to save the lives of new mothers and their babies. -
Making Health Care Affordable for the Urban Poor in Bangladesh
Maternity clinics run under a public–private partnership are making quality health care a reality in Dhaka’s slum communities. -
Villages in Samoa Improve Sanitation to Stay Healthy
Families in Samoa are cleaning up their neighborhoods, adopting better sanitation practices, and living healthier lives. -
In Kyrgyz Republic, Access to Finance Boosts Small Business
As small and medium-sized businesses in the Kyrgyz Republic face an economic downturn, mobile phone technology and local banks are making access to finance easier. -
Afghanistan: A Simple Solution for Farmers
In Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, a small innovation is helping farmers stabilize and increase their incomes. -
Unlocking the Economic Potential of Women in the Pacific
Doing business in the Pacific is hard, but it’s a lot harder for women. Fortunately, sweeping reforms across the Pacific are creating an enabling environment for business and opening up opportunities for women.