Women in Enterprise:
A Different Perspective
This Royal Bank of Scotland survey of characteristics of the women's entrepreneurship market in the UK finds evidence that women-owned firms outperform men's in many cases. Among other notable findings: Women-led... 2012 | 0.00 KB | Market Research, | English |
Promoting Women's
Economic Empowerment: The Learning Journey of Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered started to think about a coordinated approach to addressing gender around 2005, and it has developed an innovative set of initiatives for women... 2009 | 308.02 KB | Women's Market Strategy, | English |
Africa: Women's Economic Empowerment Opens up a World of Opportunity
This research note from Standard Chartered highlights the pivotal role that women can play in Africa's future growth. Research has shown that when economically empowered, women are... 2011 | 167.30 KB | Financial Inclusion, | English |
Solutions for Financial Inclusion: Serving Rural Women
This 15-page report from Women's World Banking highlights the specific gender-based social, cultural and legal barriers that rural women face in accessing and using financial services in Uganda,... 2011 | 415.83 KB | Financial Inclusion, | English |
Doing Business: Women in Africa
This report from Alliance member SELFINA profiles seven women entrepreneurs from across Africa and explores regulatory and other obstacles they overcame to create and expand enterprises.
... 2008 | 1.96 MB | Public Policy, | English |
Strengthening Access to
Finance for Women-Owned SMEs in Developing
Countries
As access to finance is repeatedly identified as a major constraint to women entrepreneurs, this GPFI and IFC report sets out to analyze the issues involved in improving access... 2011 | 0.00 KB | Women Entrepreneurs, | English |
Women in Business: Drivers of Development
This wide-ranging IFC report examines women's economic activity and workforce participation in multiple geographics and via multiple dimensions: Women as Leaders, Women as Entrepreneurs, Women as Consumers, Women... 2011 | 0.00 KB | Financial Inclusion, | English |
Women, Business and the Law: Removing Barriers to Economic Inclusion
This World Bank report measures and compares gender parity in 141 economies via legal differentiations on the basis of gender, covering six areas: accessing institutions, using property,... 2011 | 0.00 KB | Public Policy, | English |
Embedding Gender in
Sustainability Reporting
This IFC report highlights some of the existing and emerging business drivers for improving practices and reporting on material gender issues.
... 2009 | 0.00 KB | Public Policy, | English |
Gender Dimensions of
Investment Climate
Reform
This IFC guide offers solutions and encourages change by providing policymakers and practitioners with tools needed to focus on the potential of women entrepreneurs. It also provides thought leadership on... 2010 | 0.00 KB | Public Policy, Women Entrepreneurs, | English |
Economic Opportunities for Women in the Pacific
This comprehensive IFC and AusAID report showcases successful female entrepreneurs from seven Pacific Island countries and discusses their common challenges, which include remoteness and isolation that results in... 2010 | 0.00 KB | Women Entrepreneurs, | English |
Banking on Women in
Business: Exim Bank
This IFC Case Study on Exim Bank provides a brief overview of the increasingly competitive financial services sector in Tanzania, the opportunity that women-owned small & medium enterprises represent, and possible... 2008 | 429.60 KB | Women Entrepreneurs, | English |
