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Four Things You Need to Know about Women, Work and the Economy

  • February 23, 2015

  • 1811 Views

  • 02:43

Ninety percent of countries have some kind of legal restriction on women’s economic activity. So, even when the law isn’t directly related to the workforce, how much do these restrictions affect their employment and the economy?

  • Kalpana Kochhar, IMF Deputy Director
  • Sonai Jain-Chandra, IMF Senior Economist
  • Monique Newiak, IMF Economist
  • Christian Gonzales, IMF Research Assistant