Strengthening Access to Finance for Women-Owned SMEs in Developing Countries

In line with our corporate priorities on the need to devote special attention to the issue of women entrepreneurship, IFC produced a report focusing on the issues impeding access to finance as well as non-financial barriers for women entrepreneurs, highlighting key trends and challenges, and scrutinizing opportunities for increased access. Scalable approaches to increase access to finance for women entrepreneurs in developing countries were identified, and policy recommendations on empowering women entrepreneurs to pursue economic opportunities, invest additional capital, and hire more employees were provided.