Care Economy. The International Labor Organisation launches new tools to encourage the investment needed to support the two billion people still without adequate maternity and paternity support, parental leave and childcare services. New research on the discrimination that migrant care workers face looks at how everyday racism enforces gendered and racialized practices and why greater attention and action are needed to make care work just, equitable and dignified. Economist Impact’s new report reveals the true potential of the childcare sector and brings childcare investment to the forefront of the economic policy debate. A review of nine randomised evaluations of childcare interventions found that access to childcare increased women’s labour force participation but only in cases where there were no additional barriers to women’s employment outside the home. Produced as background for the Bali Care Economy Dialogue, a new paper delves into issues of paid versus unpaid care, formal versus informal care workers, and care infrastructure, and provides a set of recommendations that governments in Asia and the Pacific and other actors are encouraged to adopt to collectively build a robust and resilient care economy. Two virtual reflection sessions that provide an overview of the Bali Care Economy Dialogue that took place in November 2022. Case study of Acumen Latam Impact Ventures (ALIVE) who implement a gender lens throughout their investment practices, from origination to post-investment management. The few key shifts that can ensure private investment in the care economy can work for care workers as well