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Finance After Hours: A Case Study on Women’s Access to Credit in China

Finance After Hours: A Case Study on Women’s Access to Credit in China

This report is based on research among women entrepreneurs and bankers in China. Its writers found that the bankers’ negative attitudes toward lending to women were driven by informal attitudes about women’s reproductive roles rather than formal criteria for credit. The women avoided even applying for loans–not for lack of training or confidence, but out of quite realistic expectations about what would happen if they did.

Gender Finance