Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions … of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … reducing gender biased loan allocations by 6 percent. The results suggest that loan officers may use gender bias as a heuristic …

This study presents an assessment of the role of gender in economic growth in Ghana with emphasis on constraints to … retail trade. In spite of the fact that gender issues in Ghana have been given significant attention over the last decade in … particular; and that Ghana ranks relatively well in terms of gender equity, there remains a number of legal, administrative, and …