Gender Diversity In The Executive Board

Gender Diversity In The Executive Board
Author: International Monetary Fund. Secretary's Department
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2019-10-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1513517414

Executive Directors underscore the importance of promoting gender diversity at the IMF’s Executive Board and the Offices of Executive Directors (OEDs). The Executive Board recognizes that a diversity of views contributes to stronger decisionmaking, and is committed to ongoing efforts to improve the gender profile of the Board and Offices of the Executive Directors. The Fund’s membership has also indicated that it places importance on this issue; the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) has consistently drawn attention in its communiqués to the importance of enhancing the gender diversity of the Executive Board.

Gender Diversity in the Executive Board - Draft Report of the Executive Board to the Board of Governors

Gender Diversity in the Executive Board - Draft Report of the Executive Board to the Board of Governors
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 10
Release: 2016-01-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1498345484

The Report reflects discussion among Executive Directors on June 7, 2016 and responds to the April 16, 2016 Communique of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the IMFC which stated that “We reiterate the importance of maintaining the high quality and improving the regional, gender, and education diversity of the IMF’s staff, and of promoting gender diversity in the Executive Board.”

Gender Diversity in The Executive Board

Gender Diversity in The Executive Board
Author: International Monetary Fund. Office of the Executive Directors
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2024-05-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The benefits of gender diversity are well known – it increases effectiveness and efficiency and strengthens decision-making. Yet, the IMF Executive Board continues to fall short of reaching gender balance, with women constituting a small minority of the Executive Directors and Alternate Executive Directors. There is a clear need for change. The IMFC has called on the membership to take action, including by introducing voluntary medium-term objectives to raise the number of women holding leadership positions at the Board. This report summarizes the Executive Board’s recommendations for these targets and lays out proposals for concerted actions that can be taken by individual countries and constituencies

Gender Diversity In The Executive Board—Report Of The Executive Board To The Board Of Governors

Gender Diversity In The Executive Board—Report Of The Executive Board To The Board Of Governors
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 8
Release: 2022-11-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

While there are ample reasons for discussing gender diversity in good times, there is an even greater need in bad times. At the time of this report, the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the negative spillovers and higher inflation following Russia’s war in Ukraine, have exacerbated pre-existing gender gaps, disproportionately affecting women’s jobs, incomes, and security. The stall in progress towards gender parity has resulted in a call for further action to reduce gender inequality, as seen in the Strategy for Mainstreaming Gender at the Fund. The integration of gender in the Fund’s core activities, when macro-critical, recognizes the fact that reducing gender disparities results in higher economic growth, greater economic stability and resilience, and lower income inequality.

Gender Diversity in The Executive Board—Interim Report of The Executive Board to The Board of Governors

Gender Diversity in The Executive Board—Interim Report of The Executive Board to The Board of Governors
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Total Pages: 7
Release: 2023-12-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Greater gender diversity of the IMF’s Executive Board continues to be important to strengthen decision-making at the highest levels of the institution by bringing together different perspectives. Increasing the number of women Executive Directors and Alternate Executive Directors sends important signals about the high value the membership and the IMF place on improving diversity and to generate better outcomes. Despite the IMFC’s calls for increased gender diversity of the Executive Board, the number of women holding the position of Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director on the Executive Board has not substantially improved over time.1 It is a great concern that the proportion of women on the Executive Board has declined in recent years, as shown in the attached updated Fact Sheet.

Diversity and the Effective Corporate Board

Diversity and the Effective Corporate Board
Author: Ram Kumar Mishra
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0124105327

The book discusses the various aspects of diversity of corporate boards in terms of gender, age, nationality, tenure, education, experience and personalities. It enumerates the need for such diversity in each category and related concerns. Statistics from around the world support the authors' claims. The nine chapters in this short book have not been previously published. - Explains the dimensions of board diversity and ways to use them to increase effectiveness - Supports its findings with statistics from around the world - Relevant for researchers and professionals working in corporate governance and corporate finance

Good Governance and Modern International Financial Institutions

Good Governance and Modern International Financial Institutions
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004408320

This first volume of the AIIB Yearbook of International Law (AYIL), edited by Peter Quayle and Xuan Gao, is based upon the inaugural 2017 AIIB Legal Conference, both titled, Good Governance and Modern International Financial Institutions (IFIs). Following a Preface by the General Counsel of the AIIB and General Editor of AYIL, Gerard Sanders, and an Introduction by the Editors, this volume of AYIL draws upon expertise from other IFIs, international law and governance practitioners, and eminent academics. It is divided into three parts to reflect a series of dimensions to the good governance of IFIs. Firstly, the role of the membership of IFIs as expressed through their executive governance organs. Second, the legal basis of governance of IFIs. And third, the interaction around governance between IFIs and external stakeholders. This volume concludes with the text of the 2017 AIIB Law Lecture, delivered by the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and Legal Counsel, Miguel de Serpa Soares on the subject of ‘The Necessity of Cooperation between International Organizations’ and a summary report on the proceedings of the 2017 AIIB Legal Conference. The first volume of AYIL was launched at the Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the AIIB in Mumbai, India, June 2018.

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom
Author: Cathrine Seierstad
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2017-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319561421

This edited collection provides a structured and in-depth analysis of the current use of quota strategies for resolving the pressing issue of gender inequality, and the lack of female representation on corporate boards. Filling the gap in existing literature on this topic, the two volumes of Gender Diversity in the Boardroom offers systematic overviews of current debates surrounding the optimisation of gender diversity, and the suggested pathways for progress. Focusing on sixteen European countries, the skilled contributors explore the current situation in relation to women on boards debates and approaches taken. They include detailed reflections from critical stakeholders, such as politicians, practitioners and policy-makers. Volume 1 focuses on eight European countries having adopted quotas and is a promising and highly valuable resource for academics, practitioners, policy makers and anyone interested in gender diversity because it examines and critiques the current corporate governance system and national strategies for increasing the share of women not only on boards, but within companies beyond the boardroom.

Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms

Corporate Governance and Diversity in Boardrooms
Author: Barbara Sveva Magnanelli
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030561208

This book explores diversity in boardrooms to highlight the link between the heterogeneous dimensions of board diversity and their impact on the firms. The book provides a brief definition of corporate governance and focuses on the role and functions of the board of directors. The work contributes to the literature enriching the empirical findings about board diversity. After a deep review of the literature within several theoretical frameworks, such as agency, stakeholder, stewardship, resource dependence, and the institutional theory, the focus moves on the impact on financial performance. The board diversity effects are tested through an empirical analysis conducted on a sample of European listed companies, performing both a single and a joint diversity index analysis. Practitioners and academics will find this book particularly timely and useful as it combines both a review of the literature and robust empirical investigation. It will be an excellent reading for academics and practitioners interested in firm performance, corporate governance and stakeholder theory.

Gender Equity in the Boardroom

Gender Equity in the Boardroom
Author: Payal Kumar
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-09-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1839827645

Gender diversity in boardrooms across India remain below the global average. This book analyses gender representation across industries and focus on the issue of low female representation by interviewing board members, executives and managers.