GROW

Advancing Gender Equality, Resilience, Opportunity, and Inclusion Worldwide (GROW) is a multi-sector, global initiative that combines blended finance and advisory services alongside IFC’s own account financing to accelerate gender equality and economic inclusion.  

This funding platform aligns with IFC’s strategic outcomes for Gender Equality and Economic Inclusion and the World Bank Group’s Gender Strategy 2024-2030 to drive inclusion by allocating capital to build equitable supply chains, employment, and leadership. 

Vision

GROW has a comprehensive vision to mobilize private financing into gender projects across all industry sectors in emerging markets and developing economies. GROW’s innovative multi-sector, global approach is not limited to specific stakeholder groups, sectors or geographies. This allows GROW to support a wide range of IFC gender and inclusion activities.

Additionally, GROW enables IFC and its partners to expand their impact on the broader economic inclusion agenda with a specific focus on addressing the intersections of gender, climate, and other marginalized groups that face social and economic challenges. 

The GROW initiative is being implemented in partnership with the Governments of Canada and Ireland.