Asian development bank

recommendations

pCBs need support in

• conducting a special analysis to identify the root causes of, and barriers to, women’s participation in pCB management;

  
  

• enhancing activities that promote and improve literacy in financial management among potential female clients, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the BWa;

  
  

• expanding the gender policy by introducing a 30% quota for women in the amount of loans in the total portfolio (including loans to farmers) and a 30% quota on female representation in managerial positions (including regional units);¹³¹

  
  

• including a gender dimension in most retraining courses for the staff;

  
  

¹³⁰ data on gender policy implementation provided by pCBs to adB in October—November 2017 in preparation for this CGa update.
¹³¹ See appendix 2 for 2017 baseline data of pCBs.
Mainstreaming Gender in ADB Operations, by Sector 45

• extending financial and nonfinancial services to the remotest areas and among women, and to the residents of housing communities under the affordable Rural Housing program (aRHp) participating in income-generating activities;

  
  

• extending outreach interventions in collaboration with the WCU, other state and non-state stakeholders in financial and nonfinancial bank services for female clients;

  
  

• developing banking services that support women’s business exports; and

  
  

• increasing assistance to women and men entrepreneurs who operate a mature business, to help them overcome barriers related to international certification of product quality, create distribution channels in other countries, and participate in consultations on tax, customs, and legal aspects of the above issues.¹³²

  
  

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