Gender lens investing has grown exponentially as a way to increase financial returns and gender equality. What can Latin America and the Caribbean learn from it? This report from IDB Invest explores.
Este documento del Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo examina los indicadores y métodos de inclusión financiera de varios países latinoamericanos y presenta recomendaciones para los indicadores de la oferta que los reguladores y los encargados de formular políticas deben recopilar y supervisar.
Hasta el momento Chile es el único país en el mundo que ha realizado y publicado
en forma sistemática, durante más de 10 años, datos desagregados por sexo en su sistema financiero. El estudio analiza los motivos que originaron la recolección de datos desagregada por sexo, describe los procesos emprendidos para obtenerlos, destaca sus usos actuales y potenciales y recoge las lecciones aprendidas más importantes para que otros entes reguladores, legisladores y entidades gubernamentales en otras jurisdicciones puedan aprovechar y hacer una réplica de esta exitosa experiencia. (English version)
Chile is the only country in the world that has consistently tracked sex-disaggregated data on its financial system for over 10 years. This study explores why this was done, maps out the processes taken to generate the data, highlights current as well as potential uses of the data, and extracts the most important lessons so that regulators, policymakers and government entities in other jurisdictions can learn from the country’s experience. (Version en español)
This IDB report presents results obtained from the seventh survey on the views and opinions of directors, managers and deputies of the SME division of 110 banks in 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
This is a presentation made at the Inclusive Finance Forito during the Foromic on September 2013. It presents the key elements of RBS Women, including access to finance, information, networks and markets.
This IDB report presents results obtained from the fourth survey on the views and opinions of directors, managers and deputies of the SME division of 109 banks in Latin America and the Caribbean. 73% of respondents expect an increase in their SME portfolios, and 83% expect the financial position of SMEs to improve in the next two years.
Este informe es la versión española del documento encontrado aquí.
This study was commissioned by the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund and produced by Ernst & Young. It analyzes the profiles, challenges and needs of high-growth women entrepreneurs in nine countries in the region.
Este informe es la versión española del documento encontrado aquí.
This report — a collaboration between the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund, Inter-American Investment Corporation and the Structured and Corporate Finance Department, as well as the Latin American Banking Federation (FELABAN) — presents general results of the sixth survey of 100 banks across 21 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It includes a detailed analysis of the responses according to the size and location of the entities, as well as other behaviors and aspects of the SME segment.
This study by the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund identifies key barriers to women’s businesses globally and evaluates the degree to which they constrain women’s business growth in Latin America. These barriers include a lack of access to financial products and services, risk aversion, social conventions, family responsibilities, education, and training and technology.
WEVentureScope, put together by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund, assembles indicators assessing the areas of business operating risks, the entrepreneurial business environment, access to finance, access to education and training and availability of social services to identify the best places for a woman to start and grow a business in the Latin America and Caribbean regions.
This report from GTZ, the World Bank and the IDB looks at the progress LAC has made in supporting gender equality and suggests that a shift to placing more emphasis on promoting the growth of female-owned firms rather than on firm creation is needed to advance further.
