BANGKOK, Thailand (ILO News) - The provision of childcare remains patchy across Asia and the Pacific, with limited access, affordability and quality impacting women's participation in the workforce and proving detrimental to children's development according to a major new report. Investments in childcare for gender equality in Asia and the Pacific looks at the public provision of childcare across 48 countries of Asia and the Pacific. The report is the result of collaborative research undertaken jointly by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).

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