Bangladesh, Nov. 15 -- A lack of affordable and accessible childcare is keeping many women out of the workforce in Bangladesh, with four in 10 urban women outside the labour force citing childcare responsibilities as the main reason for not seeking employment, according to a World Bank study presented in Dhaka on Saturday.

The study found that inadequate childcare services were limiting women's economic participation while also affecting children's development and household welfare.

Titled Childcare in Bangladesh: What Families Need, What Providers Deliver, and Where the Gaps Remain, the study was presented by Kate Vyborny, an economist at the World Bank's South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab, at the National Childcare Conference 20...