It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from achieving full economic empowerment, which in turn has negative macroeconomic implications. In many countries, laws often reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's...

A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender neutrality and suggests that some design features in these interventions can yield more positive economic outcomes for women than for men. These include features in savings and...

Despite decades of progress relative to men in work and schooling, women remain severely under-represented among top corporate and political leaders. This chapter discusses the current status and recent progress of women in leadership positions, with a focus on the realm of corporate leadership....

Global financial inclusion has increased but the gender gap has remained intractable at around seven per cent between 2011 and 2017. This gender gap is also evident in the use of digital channels despite the transformational effect of mobile money and banking on financial inclusion.A policy...

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty that provides universal standards for protecting and promoting women's rights; it was adopted by the United Nations in 1979 and ratified by 170 countries. The United States, however,...

In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs that encourage female participation in local governance can potentially redress gender imbalances in economic, political, and social outcomes. Using a randomized field experiment encompassing 500 Afghan villages, this study...

In societies with widespread gender discrimination, development programs with gender quotas are considered a way to improve women's economic, political, and social status. Using a randomized field experiment across 500 Afghan villages, we examine the effects of a development program that...