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Books, Papers, and Reports | 31 July 2024 | Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Niue

Leadership Matters 2024: Benchmarking Women in Business Leadership in the Pacific

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Leadership Matters 2024: Benchmarking Women in Business Leadership in the Pacific is the second edition of the Leadership Matters series, which collects and analyzes data on women’s representation on boards and in senior management in the 14 Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. The 2024 report builds on the foundational data of the 2021 report, offering fresh insights from an expanded dataset and new surveys and interviews with women and men business leaders across the Pacific.

The updated report finds that women’s representation in business leadership across the Pacific has grown and the Pacific continues to compare favorably with global averages for women’s representation on boards and in senior executive leadership.

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