Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN

Board gender diversity has improved across all regions over the last two decades. In the early 2000s, there were only a handful of countries in Western Europe where women held more than ten percent of board seats. Today, many countries exceed the d...

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Main Author: The Economist Intelligence Unit
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628821567690267988/Board-Gender-Diversity-in-ASEAN
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spelling okr-10986-324082021-05-25T09:27:47Z Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN The Economist Intelligence Unit GENDER DIVERSITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ASEAN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FIRM PERFORMANCE Board gender diversity has improved across all regions over the last two decades. In the early 2000s, there were only a handful of countries in Western Europe where women held more than ten percent of board seats. Today, many countries exceed the double-digit threshold. There is also increasing awareness among businesses, governments, institutional investors and the public about the need to build more inclusive workplaces in general, all the way up to the highest echelons of management and directorships. Diversity can provide benefits to firms and raises both the quantity and quality of female leadership. This study focuses on six countries in the ASEAN region, and includes one regional non-ASEAN member, China, to provide a point of comparison. Most of these countries have made important strides towards achieving greater gender diversity in the boardroom. 2019-09-18T16:46:17Z 2019-09-18T16:46:17Z 2019 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/628821567690267988/Board-Gender-Diversity-in-ASEAN http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32408 English CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Corporate Governance Assessment East Asia and Pacific South Asia Southeast Asia
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topic GENDER DIVERSITY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ASEAN
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
FIRM PERFORMANCE
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ASEAN
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
FIRM PERFORMANCE
The Economist Intelligence Unit
Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
South Asia
Southeast Asia
description Board gender diversity has improved across all regions over the last two decades. In the early 2000s, there were only a handful of countries in Western Europe where women held more than ten percent of board seats. Today, many countries exceed the double-digit threshold. There is also increasing awareness among businesses, governments, institutional investors and the public about the need to build more inclusive workplaces in general, all the way up to the highest echelons of management and directorships. Diversity can provide benefits to firms and raises both the quantity and quality of female leadership. This study focuses on six countries in the ASEAN region, and includes one regional non-ASEAN member, China, to provide a point of comparison. Most of these countries have made important strides towards achieving greater gender diversity in the boardroom.
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title Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN
title_short Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN
title_full Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN
title_fullStr Board Gender Diversity in ASEAN
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publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
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