Asia-Pacific Women Ever More in Charge of Finances - Building Gender Balanced Business

• The 2010 MasterCard Worldwide Index Of Women’s Advancement for Asia/Pacific found that women continue to gain power and influence over finances.

• Women in the region say they have control over most of their household spending in 11 of the 14 economies, and in only 2 countries did their influence over spending decline.

• Region-wide, women exert control over spending in 65% of households, up from 53% a year earlier.

• The biggest gains in economic power for women were in Australia, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

• Women were more confident about their economic situation than men in Australia, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

• The average woman in the region reported she would maintain similar spending and saving levels over the next six months.

A PowerPoint summary of the MasterCard survey by country