Lagarde on Women in Leadership
IMF Blog, March 9, 2012
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- Authors: Hillary Clinton[caption id="attachment_4664" align="alignright" width="180"] Lagarde talks to Niall Ferguson (photo: Marc Bryan-Brown)[/caption]
- Published: March 9, 2012
Event and context
- Publication date: March 9, 2012
- At the Women in the World Summit in New York on March 8, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde spoke to historian Niall Ferguson about the role of women in leadership around the world.
- Key remark summarized: "it might be a safer place if more women were in charge. Men were bigger risk takers than women."
Media and related items referenced
- "Take a look: Video and story on Lagarde at the Women in the World Summit"
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- "Lagarde's list: remarks at the Women in Public Service colloquium, opened by Hillary Clinton"
- Embedded media reference: [brightcove vid=1496713164001&exp=271557391&lbu=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/09/christine-lagarde-makes-case-for-female-leaders-at-women-in-the-world-summit.html&w=486&h=412]
Themes and substantive points
- Gender inequality and leadership:
- Christine Lagarde addressed the role of women in leadership globally.
- She suggested a relationship between gender composition of leadership and risk-taking, stating that "Men were bigger risk takers than women."
- Economic and policy-related references included on the page:
- "Why empowering women is smart economics"
- "Greater gender equality can help in the battle to reduce poverty"
- "Budgeting with women in mind"
- "AkiraChix--an African startup helps women in IT"
- "Boosting women may help economic growth--IMF Research"
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- Caption: "Lagarde talks to Niall Ferguson (photo: Marc Bryan-Brown)"
Source: Lagarde on Women in Leadership, March 9, 2012 (IMF blog post).
