Chart of the Week: Banking on Women—A Case for More
IMF Blog, September 19, 2017
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- Authors: The Editors
- Published: September 19, 2017
Dataset and scope
- Comprehensive dataset on banking sector characteristics and performance, and on the share of women on the boards of directors and banking supervision agency boards, covering 72 countries over 13 years.
- Sample includes almost 800 banks.
Key findings on representation
- Women hold less than 20 percent of bank board seats.
- Women account for less than 2 percent of bank Chief Executive Officers (CEOs).
- Only 15 banks out of almost 800 in 72 countries in the sample had women CEOs in 2013.
- Representation of women on bank boards and banking supervision boards is low across geographical regions, country income levels, and types of banks, with the exception of savings banks.
- Contrary to common perceptions, many low- and middle-income countries have a higher share of women in bank boards and banking supervision agency boards compared to advanced economies.
Trends over time
- Board participation of women has been growing in many regions and in various types of banks.
- East Asia: average representation rose from 2 percent in 2001 to 14 percent in 2013.
- Europe and Central Asia: average representation rose from about 4 percent to 18 percent from 2001 to 2013.
- Across types of banks, in savings banks, which already had a higher share of women than other types of banks in 2001, it almost doubled.
Links with bank stability
- The IMF staff paper finds results suggesting that more women on bank boards may have a positive link with bank stability through higher capital buffers, controlling for other factors.
- The share of women on banking supervision boards also appears to be associated with bank stability.
Source: Chart of the Week: Banking on Women—A Case for More, The Editors, September 19, 2017.
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