Digital G2P payments offer more than convenience—they offer financial inclusion. Explore how the World Bank's G2Px initiative is transforming recipient experiences globally.
Read more about a new study conducted by the East Asia and Pacific Gender Innovation Lab (EAPGIL), which evaluated the impact of the Philippines conditional cash transfer program Pantawid…
Women’s decision-making is often used as an indicator of women’s bargaining power in the household. This paper uses a spousal survey of 421 farmer couples in the Philippines to measure the extent…
The Overcoming the Barriers to Women’s Economic Empowerment in the Philippines report sets out to better understand what is holding women back from the labor market and what is hindering the…
How COVID-19 impacted vulnerable communities in the Philippines
As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, we are about a year into an unprecedented health and economic crisis that has destroyed lives and livelihoods globally and in the East Asia and…
Becoming more equal in East Asia Pacific by reducing the trade-offs between work and home
East Asia Pacific’s (EAP) strong economic performance over the past few decades has significantly benefited and empowered women in the region, bringing better health and education and greater…
Gender equitable access to labor market opportunities improves productivity, influences bargaining power, and offsets the impacts of an aging workforce.