Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/297988 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
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KBA Centre for Research on Financial Markets and Policy Working Paper Series No. 79
Publisher: 
Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), Nairobi
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on bank risk. The empirical analysis is conducted using 21 sample Kenyan commercial banks during the period 2010-2022 in a panel regression framework. Two key results are documented: first, that the share of women in Kenyan bank boards is low (sample average of about 19%), although it has made progress, rising from about 13% in 2010 to about 26% by end of 2022. Second, the paper provides evidence that increasing women directors in banks' boards, curtails excessive bank risk-taking and promotes bank stability. Thus, regulators may consider imposing gender quotas in bank boards as a way of mitigating bank risk.
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Working Paper

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