Women and E-commerce in Southeast Asia

The rapid digital transformation underway in Southeast Asia has the potential to have an equally transformative impact on women entrepreneurs. Although Southeast Asia boasts a higher incidence of women entrepreneurs compared to men, women-owned (WO) businesses tend to be smaller, have lower average...

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Main Author:	International Finance Corporation
Format:	Report
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:	WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS E-COMMERCE GENDER GAP TRAINING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT DIGITAL INCLUSION
Online Access:	https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099850508052276002/idu04129cba409d240473c0a1b4059d6687fc745 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37837

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spelling	okr-10986-378372022-08-15T21:13:12Z Women and E-commerce in Southeast Asia International Finance Corporation WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS E-COMMERCE GENDER GAP TRAINING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT DIGITAL INCLUSION The rapid digital transformation underway in Southeast Asia has the potential to have an equally transformative impact on women entrepreneurs. Although Southeast Asia boasts a higher incidence of women entrepreneurs compared to men, women-owned (WO) businesses tend to be smaller, have lower average sales, and have fewer employees. advances in disruptive technologies do not always translate into advances in gender equality, and to date there is limited research that has addressed women’s participation or success on e-commerce platforms. This report seeks to close this knowledge gap with the first large-scale, sex-disaggregated analysis of e-commerce sellers in Southeast Asia and to shed light on the following key questions: (1) how are women entrepreneurs participating and performing in e-commerce?; (2) what are the opportunities and challenges for women entrepreneurs selling on e-commerce platforms?; and (3) is there a business case for e-commerce platforms to invest in women entrepreneurs? To answer these questions, the research team conducted in-depth interviews with sellers, as well as global and regional e-commerce experts; undertook surveys of representative samples of men and women sellers in Indonesia and the Philippines; and conducted an analysis of data from Lazada, one of the region’s largest e-commerce platforms. 2022-08-05T19:18:47Z 2022-08-05T19:18:47Z 2021-05 Report https://documents.worldbank.org/en/publication/documents-reports/documentdetail/099850508052276002/idu04129cba409d240473c0a1b4059d6687fc745 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/37837 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Women in Development and Gender Study Southeast Asia
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description	The rapid digital transformation underway in Southeast Asia has the potential to have an equally transformative impact on women entrepreneurs. Although Southeast Asia boasts a higher incidence of women entrepreneurs compared to men, women-owned (WO) businesses tend to be smaller, have lower average sales, and have fewer employees. advances in disruptive technologies do not always translate into advances in gender equality, and to date there is limited research that has addressed women’s participation or success on e-commerce platforms. This report seeks to close this knowledge gap with the first large-scale, sex-disaggregated analysis of e-commerce sellers in Southeast Asia and to shed light on the following key questions: (1) how are women entrepreneurs participating and performing in e-commerce?; (2) what are the opportunities and challenges for women entrepreneurs selling on e-commerce platforms?; and (3) is there a business case for e-commerce platforms to invest in women entrepreneurs? To answer these questions, the research team conducted in-depth interviews with sellers, as well as global and regional e-commerce experts; undertook surveys of representative samples of men and women sellers in Indonesia and the Philippines; and conducted an analysis of data from Lazada, one of the region’s largest e-commerce platforms.
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title	Women and E-commerce in Southeast Asia
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Women and E-commerce in Southeast Asia

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