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 … women's participation in the economy. This paper goes beyond previous Fund work by categorizing the key sources of laws that …

A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender …. These features help women overcome gender-related constraints. However, when social norms are too restrictive, and women are … de-biasing service provision, which can be gender biased; lastly, whenever possible, results should be sex …

This paper revisits stylized facts on female labour force participation, employment and unemployment, using a unified … participation in HI countries that almost offset the contemporaneous decrease in male participation; (ii) gaps in unemployment …