## Chart of the Week: Banking on Women—A Case for More

_IMF Blog, September 19, 2017_

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## Bibliographic details
- Authors: The Editors
- Published: September 19, 2017

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### 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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## References

- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BLOG-1024x600-GENERIC-World-management-team-office-silhouette_istocksdaily_iStock-by-Getty-Images.649124858.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/BLOG-1024x600-GENERIC-World-management-team-office-silhouette_istocksdaily_iStock-by-Getty-Images.649124858.jpg)
- [paper](http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2017/09/07/Banking-on-Women-Leaders-A-Case-for-More-45221)
- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMF.Women-in-banking-chart.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMF.Women-in-banking-chart.jpg)
- [Gender and the IMF](http://www.imf.org/external/themes/gender/)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2017/09/19/chart-of-the-week-banking-on-women-a-case-for-more_