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Women and Equitable Growth in a Resource-Constrained World Unleashing Capital for Women Entrepreneurs in Africa

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This paper from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addresses the need to reform the international development finance architecture in ways that expand access to affordable credit for women entrepreneurs in the Global South. In arguing for increased access to affordable productive capital and economic participation for women, the paper focuses particularly on sub-Saharan Africa due to its urgent need for growth and relatively high female labor force participation (including high levels of entrepreneurship), coupled with low credit availability.

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