Boosting Women’s Participation in the Economy in Emerging Markets

Thursday, January 12, 2017
Speaker
Kaplana Kochhar

Deputy Director International Monetary Fund

Presider
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Drawing on more than a decade of experience researching emerging economies in Asia, Kalpana Kochhar discusses gender inequalities inhibiting economic growth, as well as strategies for removing structural barriers to women’s economic advancement. This meeting was generously sponsored by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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