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Successful female leaders abound, but women in public finance are rare

BY MALADO KABA AND EINAR GØRRISSEN, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Michelle Bachelet. Christine Lagarde. Jacinda Ardern. You have heard the stories about their effective leadership. So why are there so few women leaders out there? Why in particular do we have such a strong predilection to denying women the highest seats in office that hold the national purse strings?

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