Childcare near factories can now be built using existing government policy

The Vietnamese government can now use its existing labor laws to build more childcare centers near factories. This means more working mothers will have affordable places to leave their children while they are at work.

For years, the assumption in development policy was that if you built factories, workers would figure out the rest. This report shows that providing childcare near industrial parks is not just a social good, but a direct way to increase female labor participation. It means governments can now point to concrete policy levers to unlock a significant portion of their workforce.