Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessment : Pacific Regional Executive Summary

Hedditch, Sonali; Manuel, Clare

Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessment : Pacific Regional Executive Summary

Autores

Hedditch, Sonali

Manuel, Clare

Editor

International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC

Descripción

This report profiles 52 business women, representing countries where IFC works across the Pacific region, in 30 case studies. Women in the report share lessons in starting their businesses, and describe the obstacles and opportunities they encountered in their pursuit of growth. By revealing their future plans, the women provide inspiration for current and future business women of the Pacific to pursue greater entrepreneurial ventures. In the Pacific region, women's ability to access and control income, and exert decision making power is yet to be fully realized. The Gender and Investment Climate Reform Assessments for Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu examines this issue by analyzing the constraints women in business face and provides recommendations for IFC to incorporate into its investment climate reform programs to reduce the gender specific obstacles.

Palabras clave

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