High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement Read more about High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement This presentation shares details of the Asian Development Bank project, High Mountain Agribusiness and Livelihood Improvement in Nepal. The project helped improve access of women and the disadvantaged to information and technical skills. The gains also included increased household income and management capacity. The challenges and lessons learned are enumerated as well.
Using ICTs to Leverage Women's Entrepreneurship in Central Asia -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan Read more about Using ICTs to Leverage Women's Entrepreneurship in Central Asia -- Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan This presentation tackles the current environment for Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) for womens' entrepreneurship development. It also identifies women entrepreneurs' ICT access and provides recommendations in leveraging appropriate ICT tools for womens' entrepreneurship development, particularly in Central Asia.
Overview: Constraints to Women's Entrepreneurship Read more about Overview: Constraints to Women's Entrepreneurship Starting up a business is particularly challenging for women around the globe. This presentation gives a snapshot of entrepreneural activities of men and women in different regions, and enumerates the main obstacles that women need to hurdle in setting up their own. It also enumerates factors that can help women entrepreneurs.
Self Employed Women's Association: A Collective Voice of Women Read more about Self Employed Women's Association: A Collective Voice of Women Women in the informal sector are vulnerable, posing threat on their income security, food security, and social security. The Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was established to help women become individually and collectively self-reliant, economically independent, and capable of making their own decisions. Poor women are the owners, managers, and beneficiaries under the association. SEWA now has 1.9 million members and over 100 affiliated organizations working to empower women in the informal sector mainly by promoting financial inclusion and social security.
Video - Summary of Day 1 - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia Read more about Video - Summary of Day 1 - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia University of Melbourne’s Reihana Mohideen in this video provides a thorough and insightful summary of Sessions 1, 2, and 3 of the conference. She highlights the exceptional and interesting initiatives on supporting inclusive energy access for women.
Video - Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor Read more about Video - Session 4 - Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor This video covers Session 4 of the conference entitled “Skills Development to Create a Local Pool of Labor.” The importance of skills development in the context of energy access is examined. More specifically, it analyzes a broad range of issues on employment generation, skills development, and job training confronting women in the energy sector.
Video - Inaugural Session - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia Read more about Video - Inaugural Session - Sub-Regional Conference - Going Beyond the Meter: Inclusive Energy Solutions in South Asia This video features a compilation of the welcome and keynote remarks from the inaugural session of this conference. It highlights the importance of approving access to energy in South Asia to address energy scarcity faced by women. It also explains how India’s Government of Rajasthan prioritizes the provision of energy access to its citizens. Lastly, it shares the Asian Development Bank’s previous and ongoing projects in providing energy for all.
Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal Read more about Minigrid System for Remote Disadvantaged Communities in Nepal With the objective of developing and promoting renewable energy technologies in Nepal, the Alternative Energy Promotion Centre shares its policy framework in this presentation. The intended outputs of the Center’s National Rural and Renewable Energy Programme as a more coherent and coordinated approach to renewable energy sector development are examined.
Women are Ready for Roads Read more about Women are Ready for Roads After years of civil war, Cambodia was transforming into a vibrant market economy. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved funding to rehabilitate 500 kilometers of rural roads in seven provinces, one of the key pieces of infrastructure for Cambodia's mostly rural population to access much needed social services and opportunities in economic centers.
Demand Side Management in Low Income Households: Lessons from Sri Lanka Read more about Demand Side Management in Low Income Households: Lessons from Sri Lanka Demand side management, while it matters, often fail in low income households due to their intriguing cash flow. Given the low interest shown by women in energy savings, this presentation shares the results of a campaign to reduce energy demand aimed at closing the gender divide.