Southeast Asian Countries
The Bank’s work also spans across several development goals and cross-cutting initiatives. ADB celebrates Gender Month during March every year as an opportunity to reflect on progress made in promoting gender equality and encourage increased participation of women in building a stronger and more prosperous Asia and the Pacific region. Bank boards can drive growth and profits while spurring positive social change by supporting small and medium-sized enterprises owned by women. South & Central Asia If the existing trade barriers are eliminated facilitating regulated trade flow, the untapped potential can do wonders for this region. Though the large nations in the region, India and Pakistan, have successfully managed to increase their trade share with East Asian and Sub-Saharan African nations in recent times, a lot of potential with other developing nations still remains untapped. In fact, South Asia as a whole has remained closed off to the rest of the world, due to a lack of ec...