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Featured: Women's Economic Empowerment

The COVID-19 pandemic has had some positive impacts on the financial inclusion of women. Photo credit: ADB.
Is Digital Finance the Answer to Giving Women-Owned MSMEs Access to Credit?

Embracing technology for financial service delivery benefits both women-led enterprises and financial institutions.

The gender tip sheets identify relevant points of entry to support gender equality based on the different roles women play—as consumers, business leaders, employees, or suppliers. Photo credit: ADB.
Strategic Entry Points for Advancing Gender Equality in the Private Sector

Gender tip sheets make the business case for mainstreaming gender goals into finance, renewable energy, agribusiness, and other private sector projects.

An ADB-financed project supported the human resources capacity of small and medium-sized tourism enterprises Lao PDR and Viet Nam through various training. Photo credit: ADB.
Promoting Women's Participation in Sustainable Tourism Development

This piece highlights how sustainable tourism development can support the empowerment of women and minorities.  

 

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Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Technological innovations may assist older workers and harness their skills. Photo credit: Asian Development Bank.
How Demographic Challenges Impact Innovation in Asia and the Pacific

Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.

To address the issue of lack of awareness of cloud services, cloud technology should be presented early on in educational settings to promote familiarity and skills development. Photo credit: ADB.
How Policy Makers Can Help Start-Ups Leverage Cloud-Computing

Policies should foster vibrant start-up ecosystems, enabled by foundational technologies, such as cloud computing.

The Asia–Pacific region is a source and destination of migrant talent. Photo credit: ADB.
Asia–Pacific Stands to Benefit from Regionalization of Talent Mobility—Here is How

Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”