From a boutique noodle maker in Asia to a producer of hand sanitizers in Africa, SMEs are crucial to the creation of dynamic, competitive, and inclusive economies. They generate jobs and support economic...
This study aims to develop a deeper qualitative and quantitative understanding of the business and personal impacts of the pandemic on W-MSMEs, as well as on the FIs and other organizations that support...
Women-led small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) represent a great opportunity to banks. Yet WSMEs’ potential remains largely untapped because of systemic barriers facing women-led enterprises globally...
In 2014, International Finance Corporation (IFC) banking on women and Goldman Sachs 10,000 women founded the women entrepreneur’s opportunity facility (WEOF), a first-of-its-kind global finance facility...
All over the world, women have less access to credit than men. Because of both discriminatory property laws and unwritten social customs, women are less likely than men to own high-value assets that can...
All over the world, women have less access to credit than men. Because of both discriminatory property laws and unwritten social customs, women are less likely than men to own high-value assets that can...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, contributes to the World Bank mission of global poverty reduction by creating opportunities for people to improve their lives through private sector solutions. In...
Women-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) make significant contributions to the economies in which they operate. However, female entrepreneurs face a range of financial and nonfinancial challenges...
This report is organized into three main sections. Section one sets out the context by describing the particular challenges and opportunities related to financing agriculture, followed by defining the...