Feb 5, 2024 | Alternative Finance, Financial Inclusion, Gender equality, Impact Investing, SME Financing
Courtesy of FINCA Guatemala An abbreviated version of this blog was originally published on FinDev Gateway on December 8th, 2023, in English and Spanish. When Muhammad Yunus piloted a group microlending methodology with rural women in Bangladesh in 1976, his intention...
Aug 24, 2021 | Empowering women, Financial Inclusion, Gender equality, Impact Investing
Founders of the first village bank in Ecuador The traditional banking system relies on credit scores, collateral and other quantitative data to approve clients and credit facilities. At the other end of the spectrum we find village banks, which provide small...
Nov 4, 2020 | Financial Inclusion, Impact Investing, SME Financing, Social finance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Plaza de Armas, Lima Peru. Latin America is a region characterized by creativity and constant transformation where entrepreneurial activities have spawned not just out of a necessity to generate income but also out of opportunity and driven by economic growth....
Jul 28, 2020 | Empowering women, Financial Inclusion, Gender equality, Impact Investing, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Women Entrepreneurship
This case study was published by the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) as part of their “Leveraging the interlinkages: Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment and the Sustainable Development Goals” report with the intention of presenting it...
Jul 9, 2020 | Financial Inclusion, Impact Investing, SME Financing, Social finance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Random Institute The pandemic has affected every corner of the world and is having particularly devastating consequences in Latin America and Caribbean, where countries have limited capacity, infrastructure, and resources to absorb economic...
Nov 19, 2018 | Empowering women, Financial Inclusion, Impact Investing, SME Financing, Social finance, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Artibonite Valley outside of Saint-Marc in Haiti is peaceful, lush and humid. It’s a stark contrast to the colourful and frenetic streets of Port-au-Prince a few hours to the south. Instead of traffic jams, “tap-taps” – modified pickups that act as public...