25 July 2017 | Fact Sheet
Aid flows and women and work in South East Asia
Summary
This factsheet provides an overview of the flows of development assistance funding into Southeast Asian countries and compares the aid flows based on gross size as well as relative size as compared to the recipient country’s gross national income.
It also examines which countries in particular are providing development assistance to Southeast Asia and analyses the thematic areas to which funds from the different countries are directed and how these contribute to women’s economic empowerment.
This factsheet is published by the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre at the University of Sydney, commissioned by Investing in Women.
Highlights
- Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar have received the highest gross flows of aid from other countries over recent years.
- While gross aid flows to Timor-Leste, Cambodia and Laos are relatively low, it is these countries that received the most development assistance as a percentage of gross national income.
- An analysis of information published online by each of these country donors shows that most tend to describe projects in Southeast Asia as focused on general themes such as participation in leadership, health, peace-building, gender-based violence, or human rights.
- Far fewer projects address themes associated with women’s economic empowerment, including the issues of livelihoods, entrepreneurship, labour migration, or gender equality in the workplace.
- Among donor countries analysed, only Australia and Finland describe some of their Southeast Asia work as involving a focus on women’s experiences of formal sector work.
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