Evidence suggests there is a structural issue, on a global scale, that affects women's ability to access credit to the … same degree as men and that this imbalance in credit availability has costs for welfare, national and global economic … growth. Much research comments on the effect on women from financial empowerment (of which access to credit is one facet …

1960s. We explore the extent to which the growing supply of credit to women explains their growing representation in … supply of credit to women relative to men. After the law, the probability that a bankrupt was a woman was 30 percentage … credit to women on the extensive margin, that is, it increased the number of women who received credit. The patterns suggest …

This study was carried out to empirically assess women entrepreneurs' access to credit in Kano metropolis. The study … entrepreneurs' access to credit facilities. Based on the findings of the study, the study recommends that financial institutions …