Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs

• Tác giả: Aly Salman Alibhai
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.64 Size of enterprises
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 309002
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO FINANCE; 2. BUSINESS SUPPORT; 3. FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS; 4. MICROENTERPRISES; 5. PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT

Tóm tắt

In October 2012, the Government of Ethiopia launched the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), with the aim of increasing the earnings and employment of growth-oriented micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owned or partly-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created the first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit in Africa, and one of few such operations in the world. In addition to the USD 45.9 million in financing, WEDP also offered a variety of innovative training opportunities, designed to not only enhance the business skills of its clients, but their entrepreneurial mindset and practices as well.