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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Earnings Gap.
Zveglich Jr., J.E.; van der Meulen Rodgers, Y. - Asian Development Bank - 1999
This study develops a framework for decomposing the gender earnings gap into across-occupation factors. The framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660996
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Information and Communication Technologies for Women Entrepreneurs: Prospects and Potential In Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In a fast-paced world where information, resources, and markets are within reach with a swipe of a finger, access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) is essential to business development and growth. This study assesses the need for and use of ICTs by women entrepreneurs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272881
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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: Country Case Studies for the PRC, India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB); … - 2014
This report presents the case studies of the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia and Kazakhstan in their knowledge-based economy approaches. It identifies a range of policies and initiatives that these economies need to consider to strengthen innovation led growth and make a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272886
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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: The Next Policy Agenda
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
tap new technology trends to move up global value chains and towards high-income levels. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272890
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ADB Brief 23: Using Information and Communication Technology to Support Women’s Entrepreneurship in Central and West Asia
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
communication technology (ICT) can be used to support business activity and overcome challenges specific to women, (ii) the barriers … preventing women from enjoying the full benefits associated with ICT, and (iii) the methodology used for the regional study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165196
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Uzbekistan Country Gender Assessment
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
Commonwealth of Independent States, and Uzbekistan, too, has experienced both positive and negative developments in gender equality … a market-based system. Several characteristics of the transformation have direct bearing on gender equality and are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010942333
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The Greater Mekong Subregion at 20: Progress and Prospects
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2012
The Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) includes Cambodia, the People’s Republic of China (specifically Yunnan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam. In 1992, with assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790935
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Technology and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific
2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001677187
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Technology and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
2002
Poverty reduction remains a major development challenge in much of Asia and the Pacific. Historically, technology has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012448012