This report details findings from a multi-year program aimed at promoting regional growth and women’s economic empowerment through trade facilitation and connectivity in the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN)
Progress toward integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) objectives in Nepal’s energy sector has been slow, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality and non-discrimination. Focusing on institutional and policy
Progress toward integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) objectives in Nepal’s energy sector has been slow, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality and non-discrimination. Focusing on institutional and policy
Focusing on public childcare provision across 48 economies in Asia and the Pacific, this report provides an analysis of policy and institutional frameworks for childcare (ages 0-6 years old) and
This paper analyzes variations in women’s empowerment based on their husband’s migration status and factors such as caste, ethnicity, and household composition. It finds that wives in nuclear households with
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,
While decentralization is meant to empower rural people, gender inequalities in leadership persist. In Nepal, the more than 18,000 local Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) present a test case with
This IFC study, one of the first in the region, covers 20 private commercial banks across Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and spotlights opportunities for achieving more equitable work outcomes
The research on how climate change impacts the productivity of home-based workers (most of whom are women) is limited. This study focuses on female home-based workers in slums and informal
Providing perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, this book focuses on gendered experiences of environmental change. It offers an overview of socio-economic pressures faced by women and how these
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Connecting Economies, Empowering Women (2024)
This report details findings from a multi-year program aimed at promoting regional growth and women’s economic empowerment through trade facilitation and connectivity in the Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN)
Understanding the Gap Between Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Policy and Implementation in the Energy Sector: The Case of Nepal (2023)
Progress toward integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) objectives in Nepal’s energy sector has been slow, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality and non-discrimination. Focusing on institutional and policy
Understanding the Gap Between Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Policy and Implementation in the Energy Sector: The Case of Nepal (2023)
Progress toward integrating gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) objectives in Nepal’s energy sector has been slow, despite constitutional commitments to gender equality and non-discrimination. Focusing on institutional and policy
Investments in Childcare for Gender Equality in Asia and the Pacific (2023)
Focusing on public childcare provision across 48 economies in Asia and the Pacific, this report provides an analysis of policy and institutional frameworks for childcare (ages 0-6 years old) and
Women's Empowerment, Extended Families and Male Migration in Nepal: Insights from Mixed Methods Analysis (2022)
This paper analyzes variations in women’s empowerment based on their husband’s migration status and factors such as caste, ethnicity, and household composition. It finds that wives in nuclear households with
Gendered Experience of Disaster: Women's Account of Evacuation, Relief and Recovery in Nepal (2022)
Presenting a qualitative analysis of the experiences of women earthquake survivors during and after the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, this paper focuses on how socioeconomic factors, such as citizenship, caste, ethnicity, income,
Promoting Women’s Leadership Under Environmental Decentralization: The Roles of Domestic Policy, Foreign Aid, and Population Change (2023)
While decentralization is meant to empower rural people, gender inequalities in leadership persist. In Nepal, the more than 18,000 local Community Forest User Groups (CFUGs) present a test case with
Women’s Advancement in Banking in Emerging South Asian Countries (2024)
This IFC study, one of the first in the region, covers 20 private commercial banks across Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka and spotlights opportunities for achieving more equitable work outcomes
Impact of Climate Change on Urban Home-based Workers in South Asia
The research on how climate change impacts the productivity of home-based workers (most of whom are women) is limited. This study focuses on female home-based workers in slums and informal
Engendering Climate Change Learnings from South Asia
Providing perspectives from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, this book focuses on gendered experiences of environmental change. It offers an overview of socio-economic pressures faced by women and how these