IMFBlog2020-07-29T10:12:00-04:00July 21, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva, Stefania Fabrizio, Cheng Hoon Lim, and Marina M. Tavares
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The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to roll back gains in women’s economic opportunities, widening gender gaps that persist despite 30 years of progress. […]
IMFBlog2020-06-29T09:00:11-04:00June 29, 2020|
COVID-19 and the Great Lockdown triggered a mass migration from analog to digital and highlighted that access to the Internet is crucial for socioeconomic inclusion. […]
IMFBlog2020-03-06T14:00:15-05:00March 3, 2020|
By Kristalina Georgieva and Louise Levonian
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Where are all the women? It is a question we shouldn’t have to ask in 2020. But we do. Why? Because there are simply too few women in leadership positions all over the world. On the eve of International Women’s Day and as we approach the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote here in the United States, the time is right to get a handle on the problem. […]
IMFBlog2020-02-19T15:04:00-05:00February 18, 2020|
By Stefania Fabrizio, Daniel Gurara and Lisa Kolovich
Making sure that opportunities to enter the workforce are fair and rewarding for women benefits everyone. Yet, the average female workforce participation rate across countries is still 20 percentage points lower than the male rate, largely because gender gaps in wages and access to opportunities, such as education, stubbornly persist. […]
IMFBlog2020-01-16T10:07:38-05:00September 17, 2019|
Electoral violence occurs in many African countries. Tragically, thousands are killed and displaced during election cycles on the continent. […]
IMFBlog2019-04-01T15:15:07-04:00March 26, 2019|
By IMFBlog
Young people face tough labor markets and job shortages in countries all over the world. For example, about 20 percent of 15- to 24-year-olds in the average emerging market and developing economy are neither in work nor in school—this group includes countries such as Brazil, Ghana, and Malaysia, among others. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-12T14:03:13-04:00March 8, 2019|
March 8 marks International Women’s Day, which provides a chance to reflect on the struggle for greater gender equality. […]
IMFBlog2019-01-23T15:29:21-05:00January 22, 2019|
By Christine Lagarde and John Bluedorn
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“To define is to limit,” Oscar Wilde once said. But sometimes economists need to use definitions to see the scope of a problem and find ways to lift the limits to success. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T11:47:26-04:00November 28, 2018|
By Christine Lagarde and Jonathan D. Ostry
November 28, 2018
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Raising women’s participation in the workforce can give a bigger boost to growth than previously thought (photo: Ahrens/Steinbach Projekte/fotogloria/Newscom)
Despite some progress, the gaps in labor force participation between men and women remain large. […]
IMFBlog2019-03-13T14:25:03-04:00September 19, 2018|
By Martin Čihák and Ratna Sahay
September 19, 2018
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A group of women attend an event in Sao Paolo to promote women’s participation in the financial sector: women account for 51% of borrowers in Brazil (Sebastio Mareira/Newscom)
Women are underrepresented at all levels of the global financial system, from depositors and borrowers to bank board members and regulators. […]
