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Shining the Spotlight – Gender-Lens Investments Enable Women Entrepreneurs...
This case study profiles Sarmayacar Ventures, one of Pakistan’s first early stage venture funds, which primarily invests in tech-enabled businesses. The fund has a portfolio of... -
Promoting Gender Equality through Performance-based Financial Incentives An...
This IDB Invest report aims to assess the impacts of Performance-Based Incentives (PBIs) within IDB Invest’s Blended Finance portfolio, with a focus on gender-related PBIs.... -
In Focus: Gender and Impact Investing 2024
This Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) report highlights findings from its 2024 Impact Investor Survey of 305 organizations across 39 countries. It analyzes the progress... -
Unleashing the power of gender-smart climate investing in developed markets
Unleashing the power of gender-smart climate investing in developed markets, produced by GenderSmart, is a series of case studies illustrate the ‘what, why, why now and how’ of... -
Gender Lens Investing 2025
This report presents Parallel Finance’s 17th quarterly review of gender lens and sustainable investing, marking their fifth year-end summary of data and developments in (a)... -
Using Data and Machine Learning to Close the Gender Gap in DR Congo
This FINCA International blog explains how nuances within the broad segment of women clients affect women’s financial inclusion and how machine learning was used to create a... -
Catalyzing Change in Equity Investing: Disruptive Models for Financing...
Investing in women entrepreneurs is an opportunity for entrepreneurs, investors, and other stakeholders to benefit from innovation and economic development. This report, by the... -
Case Study: Gender Smart Products and Marketing
Gender Smart Products and Marketing' is a case study that details how ILU equipped the CFE Panama team with the tools and capacities to build and implement gender smart business... -
Case Study: Gender Sensitive Community Engagement
What is a 'gender-smart community engagement strategy' in practice? This case study is intended to raise awareness about the relevant gender considerations throughout a... -
Case Study: Gender Smart Information Systems
This case study outlines how the ILU Fund equipped three participating companies with the tools and capacity to integrate an intersectional gender lens in the collection,... -
ILU Women's Empowerment Program Technical Assistance Report
Ilu Women's Empowerment Program offers valuable lessons for impact investors seeking to promote gender equality in Latin America and the Caribbean. By providing tailored... -
Advancing Gender Equity in the Renewable Energy Sector: A Case Study -...
This case study details Soléco Energy, a women-led business in Jamaica, focused on solar PV distributed generation projects and its collaboration with Deetken Impact and IDB... -
How Investing with a Gender Lens Can Benefit Sri Lanka’s Social and Economic Recovery
This paper was developed by Criterion Institute in partnership with the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) for the GRIT project (Growth, Resilience, Investment and... -
Kenhardt Solar Project: Lessons from women in the construction workforce
This case study highlights the Kenhardt Solar Project, one of the world’s largest hybrid solar and battery storage facilities in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. It... -
Impact-linked finance: lessons so far and current market practice
Despite the growing use of Impact-Linked Finance (ILF) by impact investors, there is still a significant knowledge gap on its application in the development finance and impact... -
The Boardroom Africa: Increasing women leaders in Africa
TheBoardroom Africa (TBrA) is the region’s leading organisation dedicated to promoting exceptional, diverse talent to board and executive positions and providing comprehensive... -
Veritas: Unlocking finance for women entrepreneurs in India
This case study focuses on Veritas Finance (Veritas), an Indian non-financial banking company (NBFC) with a mission to foster financial inclusion for micro, small and medium-... -
Insitor Partners: Becoming a recognised leader in gender-smart investing and...
Insitor Partners is a woman-led fund manager dedicated to improving accessibility and affordability of basic goods and services for low-income communities across South and... -
Ecom Express:Accelerating female inclusion in the logistics sector
This Case Study highlights British International Investment (BII's) work with Ecom Express (Ecom), a leading logistics solutions provider to the Indian retail and e-commerce... -
Arise: Empowering women in a male-dominated sector in Gabon
This Case study highlights British International Investment (BII's) work with ARISE, a company which manage infrastructure and logistics services across Africa, including...