This World Bank evidence and practice note contributes to understanding the importance of gender-diverse leadership for inclusive and sustainable economic growth, focusing on the critical aspect of women in business leadership. It explores the reasons for gender gaps in the leadership of large enterprises, including private sector businesses and state-owned entities, offers programmatic evidence of promising interventions to increase women’s representation in the leadership in these enterprises – drawing on IFC and World Bank experience, and suggests several strategies that other programs can consider to accelerate the pace at which women ascend to senior leadership positions.
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Increasing Women’s Representation in Business Leadership (2023)
This World Bank evidence and practice note contributes to understanding the importance of gender-diverse leadership for inclusive and sustainable economic growth, focusing on the critical aspect of women in business leadership. It explores the reasons for gender gaps in the leadership of large enterprises, including private sector businesses and state-owned entities, offers programmatic evidence of promising interventions to increase women’s representation in the leadership in these enterprises – drawing on IFC and World Bank experience, and suggests several strategies that other programs can consider to accelerate the pace at which women ascend to senior leadership positions.