Ellis, AmandaKirkwood, DanielMalhotra, Dhruv2012-03-192012-03-192010978-0-8213-8300-1https://hdl.handle.net/10986/2446East Asia and the Pacific is a region of dynamic growth. Women have contributed significantly to this growth and have benefited from it through active participation in the labor market. However, women are still disproportionately represented in the informal sector and in low paid work. Efforts to identify barriers to women's business and entrepreneurial activities in the region are critical not only to facilitate inclusive growth in a national context but also to counter the increasing trend of female migratory flows in the region. This report highlights' both the challenges and the economic opportunities for businesswomen in the region offers some useful potential pointers for reform.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS FOR WOMENACCESS TO CAPITALACCESS TO CREDITACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO EMPLOYMENTACCESS TO FINANCEACCESS TO INFORMATIONACCESS TO RESOURCESACCESS TO TRAININGACCESSIBILITYADULT LITERACYADVANCED ECONOMIESBANK LOANBANK LOANSBANKING SYSTEMSBANKRUPTCIESBANKRUPTCYBARRIERS TO WOMENBIASESBORROWERBUSINESS ACUMENBUSINESS COMMUNITYBUSINESS CREDITBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICESBUSINESS ENTRYBUSINESS LOANSBUSINESS OWNERSBUSINESS PLANBUSINESS SUCCESSBUSINESS TRAININGBUSINESS WOMANBUSINESSWOMENCAPITAL ACCUMULATIONCAPITAL ASSETSCAPITAL REQUIREMENTCHARACTERISTICS OF WOMENCHECKING ACCOUNTCHILD CARECOLLATERALCOLLATERAL REQUIREMENTSCOMMERCIAL BANKSCORRUPTIONCREDIT ACCESSCREDIT BUREAUCREDIT BUREAUSCREDIT CONSTRAINTSCREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATIONSCREDIT OPTIONSCREDIT PRODUCTCREDIT REGISTRIESCREDIT REGISTRYCREDITORCREDITORSCREDITWORTHINESSCULTURAL BARRIERSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKDISCRIMINATIONDISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMENDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENTDISCRIMINATORY PRACTICESDISSEMINATIONE-GOVERNMENTEARLY MARRIAGEEARNINGSECONOMIC COOPERATIONECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTECONOMIC EQUALITYECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIESECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYECONOMIC RIGHTSEMPLOYEEEMPLOYEREMPLOYERSEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESENFORCEMENT MECHANISMSENROLLMENTENTERPRISE GROWTHENTREPRENEURENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITIESENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIESENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIALEQUAL OPPORTUNITYEQUAL RIGHTEQUAL RIGHTSEQUALITYFACILITATIONFAMILY RESOURCESFAMILY RESPONSIBILITIESFEMALE BUSINESSFEMALE BUSINESS OWNERSHIPFEMALE ENTREPRENEURFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSFEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIPFEMALE LITERACYFINANCIAL ACCESSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFINANCIAL LITERACYFINANCIAL PRODUCTSFINANCIAL PROVIDERSFINANCING COSTSFLEXIBLE REPAYMENTFORMAL EQUALITYFORMAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSFORMS OF DISCRIMINATIONGENDERGENDER ASSESSMENTGENDER BIASGENDER DISCRIMINATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER EQUITYGENDER GAPGENDER GAPSGENDER INEQUALITIESGENDER INEQUALITYGOVERNMENT POLICYGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGROSS NATIONAL INCOMEGUARANTORHIGH INTEREST RATESHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RIGHTSHUSBANDHUSBANDSIDIMMEDIATE ACCESSIMMOVABLE PROPERTYINCOME CATEGORYINEQUALITIESINHERITANCEINSTALLMENTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL FINANCEINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTMENT BANKLABOR FORCELABOR FORCE PARTICIPATIONLABOR MARKETLABOUR MARKETLACK OF ACCESSLACK OF AWARENESSLACK OF CREDITLACK OF INFORMATIONLACK OF KNOWLEDGELAND OWNERSHIPLAND RIGHTSLAND TENURELEGAL REQUIREMENTSLEGAL STATUSLENDERLENDERSLITERACY RATESLOANLOAN AMOUNTSLOAN APPLICATIONLOAN APPLICATION PROCEDURESLOAN APPLICATIONSLOAN GUARANTEEMARKET ECONOMIESMARRIED WOMENMATERNITY LEAVEMICROCREDITMICROFINANCEMICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONSMONEY LENDERSNEEDS OF WOMENNEW BUSINESSESNEW COMPANYOPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIPOPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMENOPPORTUNITY FOR WOMENOVERDRAFTPRIVATE CREDITPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC CREDITPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYRED TAPEREPAYMENTREPAYMENT RATEREPAYMENT RATESREPAYMENT SCHEDULESREPAYMENTSSAFETY NETSSELF-EMPLOYMENTSEXSMALL BUSINESSESSMALL ENTERPRISESSOCIAL COMMISSIONSOCIAL NETWORKSSOURCES OF FINANCESPECIAL CREDITSTART-UPSTART-UP CAPITALTECHNICAL SUPPORTTECHNICAL TRAININGTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESUNEMPLOYED WOMENUNEMPLOYMENTUNEQUAL ACCESSVILLAGEVULNERABILITYWOMANWOMAN ENTREPRENEURWOMEN BUSINESS OWNERSWOMEN ENTREPRENEURSWOMEN IN BUSINESSWOMEN IN PARLIAMENTWorld Bank10.1596/978-0-8213-8300-1