Gender and Global Economic Stability, Volume I Insights and Strategies for Women's Financial Resilience

As economies navigate challenges and opportunities in an increasingly globalized and interconnected world, the concept of financial resilience has gained prominence. Women play a crucial role in driving economic development yet often face unique challenges and barriers in accessing financial resources and opportunities. Multilateral agencies like the Asian Development Bank (ADB) play a pivotal role in supporting and promoting financial resilience, women's empowerment, and sustainable development in the region.

This book explores the intersection of financial resilience, women's development, and the role of agencies like the ADB in fostering sustainable and inclusive growth globally. Through a collection of chapters, it analyzes current trends, challenges, best practices, and innovative solutions for enhancing financial resilience and promoting women's economic empowerment globally, and will be of interest to both development finance and gender equality scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.

Financial Inclusion and Empowerment.- Chapter 1 Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Global Economies.- Chapter 2 Does Digital Financial Inclusion Enhance Women's Empowerment? Evidence from Rural Households in Nigeria.- Chapter 3 Financial Inclusion and Women Empowerment through Financial Literacy: Evidence from India.- Chapter 4 Empowering Women Street Vendors: Assessing the Role of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in Advancing Financial Inclusion.- Chapter 5 Impact of Financial Technology on Financial Inclusion of Women: A Case Study of India's Emerging Fintech Landscape.- Chapter 6 Women Labour Force Participation and Their Financial Resilience in India.- Chapter 7 Conditional Cash Transfers and Financial Inclusion: Increasing Women's Economic Resilience in Low-Income Families.- Chapter 8 Empowering Women Through ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana’: An Empirical Study of Financial Inclusion in Kashmir.- Women Entrepreneurship and Innovation.- Chapter 9 Women Entrepreneurs in Tourism Industry – Case Studies from Different Countries in the European Union.- Chapter 10 Women at the Helm: Financial Resilience as a Catalyst for Stability in Innovation-Driven Enterprises.- Chapter 11 Leveraging Block chain and AI to Revolutionize Financial Access For Women Entrepreneurs In Emerging Markets.- Chapter 12 Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives for Women's Economic Inclusion and Empowerment.- Chapter 13 What Financial and Non-Financial Usage Factors between Women based-Specific and General based spur the Growth of Women-Owned Enterprises?.- Rural and Agricultural Economies.- Chapter 14 Digital Nudges and Financial Inclusion: A Study on Behavioral Interventions Influencing Rural Consumer’s Adoption of Formal Financial Services in India.- Chapter 15 Building Sustainable Livelihoods for Women in Agriculture and Rural Economy.- Chapter 16 Integrating Digital Agricultural Platforms to Foster Women’s Financial Resilience in Rural Economies: Case Studies from Developing Countries.

Amna Javed is a Senior Lecturer in the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan.

Firdous Ahmad Malik is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of People, Department of Management, USA.

Hebatallah Adam is an academician, editor, and scholar with more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in international economic development. She is a Professor of Economics and Academic Dean at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) as well as the Founder and Director of the Jindal Centre for the Global South – O.P. Jindal Global University, Haryana, India.