01964cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018294 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484344460 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Delechat, Corinne. What is Driving Women's Financial Inclusion Across Countries? / Corinne Delechat, Monique Newiak, Rui Xu, Fan Yang. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2018. 1 online resource (31 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Using a broad set of macroeconomic country characteristics to supplement a new and comprehensive micro-level dataset for 140 countries, we identify structural factors, policies, and individual characteristics that are associated with financial inclusion-in general, and for women in particular. We find that structural country characteristics, such as resource-richness and level of development, and policies, such as stronger institutions, and financial development are significantly related to financial inclusion. We find a robust negative relationship between being female and financial inclusion as in previous studies, and our analysis points to legal discrimination, lack of protection from harassment, including at the work place, and more diffuse gender norms as possible explanatory factors. Mode of access: Internet Newiak, Monique. Xu, Rui. Yang, Fan. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2018/038 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2018/038/001.2018.issue-038-en.xml IMF e-Library