
Closing the gender gap in the ownership of family businesses
The pandemic is putting pressure on small enterprises, which are disproportionately owned or controlled by men. The right policies could help close the gender gap.
Kaushal has over 24 years of experience in official statistics development. He is responsible for statistics capacity building in ADB developing member countries and for ADB’s flagship Key Indicators publication. Kaushal is also the regional coordinator for International Comparison Program for Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining ADB in 2007, he served in the Indian Statistical Service, where he managed large scale sample surveys, national accounts statistics, and national statistical strategy.
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The pandemic is putting pressure on small enterprises, which are disproportionately owned or controlled by men. The right policies could help close the gender gap.
Christian Flora Mae Soco , Remedios Baes-Espineda, Arturo Martinez, Kaushal Joshi
Collecting sex-disaggregated data on asset ownership is an important step in achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in Asia and the Pacific.
An ADB pilot study confirms that many women in parts of developing Asia still face barriers to owning assets like land or a house.
It's time to come up with a better way than the GFCF (GG) indicator to measure public infrastructure investment.
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