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Access to Finance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is There a Gender Gap?

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  1. Sumit Agarwal & Jia He & Tien Foo Sing & Jian Zhang, 2018. "Gender Gap in Personal Bankruptcy Risks: Empirical Evidence from Singapore [Large sample properties of matching estimators for average treatment effects]," Review of Finance, European Finance Association, vol. 22(2), pages 813-847.
  2. John Kuada, 2021. "Financial Inclusion and Small Enterprise Growth in Africa: Emerging Perspectives and Research Agenda," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute. 21/084, African Governance and Development Institute..
  3. Marcelin, Isaac & Egbendewe, Aklesso Y.G. & Oloufade, Djoulassi K. & Sun, Wei, 2022. "Financial inclusion, bank ownership, and economy performance: Evidence from developing countries," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 46(PA).
  4. Aurelien K. Yeyouomo & Simplice A. Asongu, 2022. "Fintechs and the financial inclusion gender gap in Sub-Saharan African countries," Working Papers of The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA). 22/018, The Association for Promoting Women in Research and Development in Africa (ASPROWORDA).
  5. Ira N. Gang & Rajesh Raj Natarajan & Kunal Sen, 2022. "Finance, Gender, and Entrepreneurship: India’s Informal Sector Firms," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(7), pages 1383-1402, July.
  6. Zelu, Barbara Ama & Iranzo, Susana & Pérez Laborda, Alejandro, 2022. "Financial Inclusion and Women Economic Empowerment in Ghana," Working Papers 2072/535075, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
  7. Tomonori Yokouchi & Kazuki Saito, 2016. "Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of NERICA upland rice varieties: the case of a seed producing village in central Benin," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 8(1), pages 197-209, February.
  8. Peter W. Muriu, 2021. "Does the Quality of Institutions Matter for Financial Inclusion? Cross Country Evidence," International Journal of Economics and Finance, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 13(7), pages 1-27, June.
  9. Agarwalla, Sobhesh Kumar & Barua, Samir K. & Jacob, Joshy & Varma, Jayanth R., 2015. "Financial Literacy among Working Young in Urban India," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 101-109.
  10. Wellalage, Nirosha Hewa & Thrikawala, Sujani, 2021. "Bank credit, microfinance and female ownership: Are women more disadvantaged than men?," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 42(C).
  11. Leanne Roncolato & Nicholas Reksten & Caren Grown, 2017. "Engendering Growth Diagnostics: Examining Constraints to Private Investment and Entrepreneurship," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(2), pages 263-287, January.
  12. Morsy, Hanan, 2020. "Access to finance – Mind the gender gap," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 12-21.
  13. Emiel L. Eijdenberg & Kathrin Borner, 2017. "The Performance Of Subsistence Entrepreneurs In Tanzania’S Informal Economy," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(01), pages 1-22, March.
  14. Ongo Nkoa, Bruno Emmanuel & Song, Jacques Simon, 2020. "Does institutional quality affect financial inclusion in Africa? A panel data analysis," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 44(4).
  15. Tadele, Haileslasie & Roberts, Helen & Whiting, Rosalind H., 2018. "Microfinance institutions' website accessibility," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 50(C), pages 279-293.
  16. Ferdinando Giglio, 2020. "Access to Credit and Women Entrepreneurs: A Systematic Literature Review," European Research Studies Journal, European Research Studies Journal, vol. 0(4), pages 312-335.
  17. Rose Fiamohe & Sènakpon Fidèle Ange Dedehouanou & Abdelkrim Araar, 2024. "What microfinance schemes for women-owned microenterprises’ productivity in rural Benin?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 1075-1097, March.
  18. Claudia Piras & Andrea Filippo Presbitero & Roberta Rabellotti, 2013. "Definitions Matter: Measuring Gender Gaps in Firms' Access to Credit," Mo.Fi.R. Working Papers 90, Money and Finance Research group (Mo.Fi.R.) - Univ. Politecnica Marche - Dept. Economic and Social Sciences.
  19. Pham, Tho & Talavera, Oleksandr, 2018. "Discrimination, Social Capital, and Financial Constraints: The Case of Viet Nam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 228-242.
  20. Islam,Asif Mohammed & Muzi,Silvia, 2020. "Mobile Money and Investment by Women Businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 9338, The World Bank.
  21. Shusen Qi & Steven Ongena & Hua Cheng, 2022. "Working with women, do men get all the credit?," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(4), pages 1427-1447, December.
  22. Amber Theeuwen & Valérie Duplat & Christopher Wickert & Brian Tjemkes, 2021. "How Do Women Overcome Gender Inequality by Forming Small-Scale Cooperatives? The Case of the Agricultural Sector in Uganda," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-25, February.
  23. Narda R. Quigley & Pankaj C. Patel, 2022. "Reexamining the gender gap in microlending funding decisions: the role of borrower culture," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 59(4), pages 1661-1685, December.
  24. Pham, Tho & Talavera, Oleksandr, 2018. "Discrimination, Social Capital, and Financial Constraints: The Case of Viet Nam," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 228-242.
  25. Hanley, Aoife & Görg, Holger & Hornok, Cecília & Ackah, Charles Godfred, 2021. "Africa's female entrepreneurs: Towards funding success," PEGNet Policy Briefs 24/2021, PEGNet - Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
  26. Abeer Rashdan & Noura Eissa, 2020. "The Determinants of Financial Inclusion in Egypt," International Journal of Financial Research, International Journal of Financial Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 11(1), pages 123-136, January.
  27. Brixiova, Zuzana & Kangoye, Thierry, 2016. "Start-Up Capital and Women's Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Swaziland," IZA Discussion Papers 10279, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  28. Steven Ongena & Alexander Popov, 2016. "Gender Bias and Credit Access," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 48(8), pages 1691-1724, December.
  29. Islam, Asif M. & Amin, Mohammad, 2023. "The gender labor productivity gap across informal firms," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 167(C).
  30. Osei-Tutu, Francis & Weill, Laurent, 2023. "Democracy favors access to credit of firms," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
  31. Naegels, Vanessa & Mori, Neema & D'Espallier, Bert, 2022. "The process of female borrower discouragement," Emerging Markets Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(C).
  32. Antonia Grohmann & Annekathrin Schoofs, 2018. "Financial Literacy and Intra-Household Decision Making: Evidence from Rwanda," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 1720, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
  33. Drori, Israel & Manos, Ronny & Santacreu-Vasut, Estefania & Shenkar, Oded & Shoham, Amir, 2018. "Language and market inclusivity for women entrepreneurship: the case of microfinance," Journal of Business Venturing, Elsevier, vol. 33(4), pages 395-415.
  34. Ahmed, Mohamed Shaker & Kumar, Satish, 2023. "Are MBA CEOs really more risk-averse?," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
  35. Sawadogo, Relwendé & Semedo, Gervasio, 2021. "Financial inclusion, income inequality, and institutions in sub-Saharan Africa: Identifying cross-country inequality regimes," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 15-28.
  36. Chen, Xiao & Huang, Bihong & Ye, Dezhu, 2020. "Gender gap in peer-to-peer lending: Evidence from China," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
  37. Lamessa T. Abdisa & Alemu L. Hawitibo, 2021. "Firm performance under financial constraints: evidence from sub-Saharan African countries," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 10(1), pages 1-17, December.
  38. An, Jiafu, 2020. "Is there an employee-based gender gap in informal financial markets? International evidence," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 65(C).
  39. Serge Ky & Clovis Rugemintwari & Alain Sauviat, 2019. "Friends or foes? Mobile money interaction with formal and informal finance," Working Papers hal-02000982, HAL.
  40. Amina Ika Micah, 2022. "Three essays on access to credit and financial shock in Nigeria," Economics PhD Theses 0422, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
  41. John Kuada, 2021. "Financial Inclusion and Small Enterprise Growth in Africa: Emerging Perspectives and Research Agenda," Research Africa Network Working Papers 21/084, Research Africa Network (RAN).
  42. Chandralekha Ghosh & Rimita Hom Chaudhury, 2019. "Gender Gap in case of Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Analysis in Indian Context," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 39(4), pages 2615-2630.
  43. Brixiová, Zuzana & Kangoye, Thierry, 2016. "Gender and constraints to entrepreneurship in Africa: New evidence from Swaziland," Journal of Business Venturing Insights, Elsevier, vol. 5(C), pages 1-8.
  44. Loaba, Salamata, 2022. "The impact of mobile banking services on saving behavior in West Africa," Global Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
  45. Golda Anambane & Kwame Adom, 2018. "Assessing The Role Of Culture In Female Entrepreneurship In Contemporary Sub-Saharan Society: Insights From The Nabadam District Of Ghana," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(03), pages 1-26, September.
  46. Bertrand, Jérémie & Perrin, Caroline, 2022. "Girls Just Wanna Have Funds? The effect of women-friendly legislation on female-led firms’ access to credit," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
  47. John Kuada, 2021. "Financial Inclusion and Small Enterprise Growth in Africa: Emerging Perspectives and Research Agenda," Working Papers 21/084, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS).
  48. Tomonori Yokouchi & Kazuki Saito, 2016. "Factors affecting farmers’ adoption of NERICA upland rice varieties: the case of a seed producing village in central Benin," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 8(1), pages 197-209, February.
  49. Hanan Morsy & Amira El-Shal & Andinet Woldemichael, 2019. "Working Paper 317 - Women Self-Selection out of the Credit Market in Africa," Working Paper Series 2443, African Development Bank.
  50. Ekin Ayşe Özşuca, 2019. "Gender gap in financial inclusion: Evidence from MENA," Economics and Business Letters, Oviedo University Press, vol. 8(4), pages 199-208.
  51. Sekkat, Khalid & Szafarz, Ariane & Tojerow, Ilan, 2015. "Women at the Top in Developing Countries: Evidence from Firm-Level Data," IZA Discussion Papers 9537, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  52. Senou, Melain Modeste & Manda, Julius, 2021. "Access to Finance and Rural Youth Entrepreneurship in Benin: Is There a Gender Gap?," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315077, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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