Funding women entrepreneurs : How to empower growth

• Tác giả: Alessandro De Concini, European Investment Bank, Surya Fackelmann
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: Luxembourg : European Investment Bank, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 240136
• Chủ đề: 1. Finance

Tóm tắt

Intervention is needed to improve women-led companies' access to finance. In a recent study, EIB's InnovFin Advisory assessed the availability of finance for women-owned and managed companies in Europe as compared to the United States. While women-led companies account for only a small portion of financing deals and investment flows, their share is growing. Nevertheless, structural inequalities and persistent biases continue to distort the funding environment. The study puts forth a number of innovative finance and policy recommendations. Restarting the EU economy after the coronavirus pandemic provides a unique opportunity to tackle gender barriers to finance.