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

specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of …

adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them to rely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that an increase in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …

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 …

financial inclusion-in general, and for women in particular. We find that structural country characteristics, such as resource …

economic policies converged with those generally supported by the IMF and World Bank. Despite this policy convergence and …

with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape … agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry-a disadvantage … increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an …