Financial inclusion (FI) for vulnerable populations, such as women, is critical for achieving gender equality, women … been several attempts to measure FI for the general population, there is limited literature on gender-based measurement of … FI. This paper fills this important research gap by developing a gender-based FI index (GFII) focusing particularly on …

The paper uses the data on 1212 microfinance institutions in 106 developing countries to document the impact of gender … diversity on boards and gender diversity among borrowers on nonperforming loans (NPLs) during the period 2010-2018. The results … show that microfinance institutions with a higher proportion of female borrowers have fewer NPLs than otherwise similar …

The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how microfinance institutions (MFIs) affect female …

development agenda. At the same time, the fifth goal of the Sustainable development agenda outlined the importance of gender … inclusion for sustainable development. Empirical research on the effect of gender inclusion on inclusive finance has however … been limited to micro level studies. This study aims to verify the effect of gender political inclusion on financial …