reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative …

We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low …-income and developing countries. We argue that this happens through at least two channels: first, gender gaps in opportunity … of human capital available in an economy. Second, gender gaps in the labor market impede the development of new ideas by …

-challenged world, and the importance of infrastructure investment geared toward such systems changes. The key policies to enable the …

Statistics indicate that the economic and social development of women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA …) compares unfavorably with most regions in the world. This paper assesses the influence of government expenditure and taxation … policies on the economic and social welfare of women in the region. On the expenditure side, we test the explanatory power of …

This paper provides an overview of the relation between tax policy and gender equality, covering labor, capital and … wealth, as well as consumption taxes. It considers implicit and explicit gender biases and corrective taxation. On labor …

gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that an increase in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …Gender gaps in womens' economic opportunities-labor market and entrepreneurship-have remained high in India. Lack of … adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them to rely on informal sources …