Affordable financing is critical for Ukrainian agribusinesses as they support their fellow farmers and soldiers on the front lines.

This working paper examines the current academic literature on access to finance for female entrepreneurs and female-led enterprises. It focuses on two main financing markets: credit and venture capital.

This event features FINCA’s new President and CEO, Andree Simon, and FINCA Board Member Jordan Greenaway in an intimate conversation on the future of financial inclusion and social enterprise for women. Andrée and Jordan will look back on FINCA’s 40 years history supporting female entrepreneurs and discuss how FINCA is evolving to meet today’s challenges and to advance our broader theory of change.

This event will discuss the European Microfinance Award 2022 on Financial Inclusion that Works for Women, case studies, factors for success and mainstreaming gender in financial inclusion.

This second webinar in the ‘Design in Action’ series focused on the work done by the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab and ideas42 to design financial heuristics for rural women in Ethiopia and to pilot mobile-phone based financial training for women. 

This working paper identifies challenges in access to finance for women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises  in Viet Nam and recommends ways to improve it.

This report assesses how Bangladesh is cutting gaps in gender equality and social inclusion in financial services and shows how support for women entrepreneurs alongside better technology access can boost sustainable development.

This paper explores and evaluates the best ways to reach the less digitally and financially literate segments of the community in Bangladesh, especially women, to ensure that ultimately no one is left behind.

Understanding how different consumer behaviors affect adoption rates can help financial inclusion practitioners fine-tune their efforts.

Findings from a survey of 2,781 participants providing an analysis of the levels of financial awareness, financial behaviors, and economic empowerment of women factory workers in Cambodia.