Publications: Banking on Women
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Jan 18, 2022
Sustainability-Linked Finance—Mobilizing Capital for Sustainability in Emerging Markets
Sustainability-linked finance is designed to incentivize the borrower’s achievement of environmental, social, or governance targets through pricing incentives. Launched in 2017, it has now become the fastest-growing sustainable finance instrument, with over $809 billion issued to date in sustainability-linked loans and bonds. Yet these instruments are still nascent in emerging markets, which represent only 5 percent of total issuance to date. This note shares examples of recent sustainability-linked financing, including several involving IFC in various roles, to highlight how investors can utilize these new instruments in emerging markets and mitigate greenwashing risks.
English | 8 Pages—January—Note 110 | IFC 2022
Dec 22, 2021
Business Case Update 4 Lower NPLs for Women Owned SMEs
IFC’s annual survey of its banking clients continues to provide insight into the potential size and financial performance of women-owned small and medium enterprises (WSMEs) and why financial institutions should pay greater attention to this segment.
Mar 24, 2021
Armenia Women Entrepreneurship Study
This report presents a synthesis of the main findings of both a qualitative study conducted among women entrepreneurs in Armenia and a quantitative survey conducted among over 400 Armenian businesses. The two studies focused on revealing the patterns, perceptions, opportunities and challenges facing women entrepreneurs in Armenia, including those due to COVID-19.
English | 120 pages | 2021 IFC
Mar 23, 2021
COVID-19 and Women-Led MSMEs in sub-Saharan Africa
The study reports that women-led MSMEs have been hard-hit by the pandemic due to their smaller size and concentration in heavily affected sectors.
English | 56 pages | IFC 2021
Jan 29, 2021
Business Case Update #3: Lower NPLs for Women-Owned SMEs
Business Case Update #3: Lower NPLs for Women-Owned SMEs
Dec 10, 2020
Bridging the Gap: Emerging Private Sector Response and Recovery Measures for Gender Equality amid COVID-19
As COVID-19 widens global gender gaps, IFC and UN Women have partnered to showcase a growing number of companies and organizations around the world that are taking action to ensure the economic inclusion and social well-being of their employees, customers, and suppliers, as well as local communities. This report aims to inform companies around the world on emerging practices and initiatives for supporting women employees, entrepreneurs, and those in value chains amid the pandemic.
English | 34 pages | 2020 IFC & UN Women
Oct 31, 2020
Handbook on Merchant Payments and Digital Financial Services
Designed for digital financial service (DFS) providers that would like to build and manage merchant acceptance networks. Such DFS providers typically include financial institutions, mobile network operators, fintechs, payment service providers and others. The handbook offers best practices that IFC has tested and observed through our global digital-finance projects and engagements.
English | 92 pages | 2020 IFC
Oct 26, 2020
Digital Transformation - The Case of South India Bank
In 2016, IFC began a new project with South Indian Bank (SIB), a mid-sized private bank (currently third largest in southern India). The bank aimed to transform its retail and small and medium enterprise businesses (SMEs). SIB’s transformation strategy was to improve its digital capabilities to drive customer engagement and mobilize deposits.
English | 24 pages | 2020 IFC
Oct 21, 2020
Women-owned enterprises in Vietnam
Perceptions and Potential
Oct 21, 2020
COVID-19 and the Insurance Industry
Why a Gender-Sensitive Response Matters
Oct 7, 2020
Non-Financial Services - The Key to Unlocking the Growth Potential of Women-led SMEs for Banks
IFC and FMO (Dutch entrepreneurial development bank) joint report on how nonfinancial services help women-led SMEs grow while also providing a return on investment for banks and other financial institutions
English | 66 pages | 2020 IFC
Oct 6, 2020
Non-Financial Services
The Key to Unlocking the Growth Potential of Women-led Small and Medium Enterprises for Banks
Sep 16, 2020
Digital to Equal Case Studies
Digital to Equal Case Studies
Jul 23, 2020
The Case for Insuring Women for a Better Tomorrow
English | 2020 IFC
Jun 25, 2020
Banking on Women-Global Trade Finance Program
English | 2020 IFC
Feb 16, 2020
Venture Capital and the Gender Financing Gap: The Role of Accelerators
This report studies the steep differential between financing for male and female-led start-ups post-acceleration and finds perceived risk and investor bias are the most likely causes.
Jan 29, 2020
Her Home - Housing Finance for Women
Women make up half the world's population, and half of its economic potential. Yet they are far less likely than men to own a home. That's because women work in informal jobs, are unfamiliar with formal loan-application procedures, or are stifled by traditional cultural norms. This new study sheds light on the women's market for housing finance in Colombia, India and Kenya.
English | 68 pages | 2020 | IFC International Finance Corporation 2020
Nov 14, 2019
Lower NPLs for Women-Owned SMEs: Business Case Update #2
IFC client data shows that for the past 4 years, women-owned SME borrowers are more likely to pay their loans than the overall SME pool of borrowers. Financial Institutions who worked with IFC on strategies to reach out to women and ensure their success had significantly lower non-performing loans in their portfolios.
English | 2 pages | 2019 IFC
Oct 7, 2019
IFC & Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women: Investing in Women's Business Growth
The Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility Progress Report 2019
English | 2019 IFC
Aug 22, 2019
Exploring the Opportunities for Women-owned SMEs in Cambodia
Cambodia Market Study
English | 2019 IFC
Aug 15, 2019
Trailblazers - Portraits of Female Business Leadership in Emerging and Frontier Markets
Aug 13, 2019
South Africa Market Study
South Africa Market Study
English | 2019 IFC
Aug 2, 2019
Financiar a las emprendedoras es buen negocio
English | 2019 IFC
Apr 25, 2019
Women & Insurance: The Next Frontier
In emerging economies, the women’s market for insurance could grow to between $570 and $890 billion by 2030.
English | 2019 IFC
Apr 8, 2019
Creating Impact - The Promise of Impact Investing
The report is the most comprehensive assessment so far of the potential global market for impact investing. It estimates that as much as $269 trillion—the financial assets held by institutions and households across the world—is potentially available for investment. Channeling just 10 percent of this amount into projects focused on improving social and environmental outcomes would go a long way toward providing the necessary funding for the world to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and to shift to a lower-carbon future.
English | 104 pages | 2019 IFC
