Ride-hailing services such as Uber boost women’s incomes and ease their entry into the transportation industry — from which they have traditionally been shut out, according to a report by IFC, a sister organization of the World Bank and member of the World Bank Group.According the IFC’s recent report called Driving Toward Equality: Women, Ride Hailing and the Sharing Economy, ride-hailing helps fill a transportation gap for women as passengers — it improves their ability to travel to places that were previously inaccessible to them and provides women with mobility and a greater sense of independence.The results of the study come at a time when new technologies and business models, such as the sharing economy, are opening alternative pathways to economic growth in emerging markets, offering opportunities to reshape lives while improving economies."The findings have significant implications for companies across the sharing economy that desire to better include, retain, and serve women...
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