Women as Prime Movers of Inclusive Business

APEC Women as Prime Movers of Inclusive Business Project

APEC recognizes the ADB definition of IBs as "commercially viable and bankable companies whose core business model is to provide – in scale – innovative and systemic solutions for the poor and low income people."

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Case Philippines

This section provides a description of the participating organizations from the Philippines in terms of their company type, sector, size, geographic location, number of employees, ratio of women to total employees, and nature of the company.

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Case Rusia

This section describes a description of the participating organizations from Russia in terms of their company type, sector, size, geographic location, number of employees, ratio of women to total employees, and nature of the company.

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Research on Women as Prime Movers

Women workers constitute 40 percent of the world’s workforce, yet in many sectors, such as mining, construction and energy, women represent only a small minority of workers, and in almost all sectors women are less likely than men to be in management positions (IFC, 2013). For instance, women see gaps in leadership: as of 2014, only 4.8 percent of CEOs at Fortune 500 companies were female and only 16.9 percent of board seats at Fortune 500 companies were held by women (CEAIB, 2015).

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