BLC Bank - Lebanon : Leading in Banking on Women
The overall objective of this study is to learn about the impact of International Finance Corporation’s (IFC) Banking on Women (BoW) Program in the Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa (EMENA) through BLC Bank of Lebanon. Th...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/429441477993478163/BLC-Bank-Lebanon-leading-in-banking-on-women-a-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25385 |
| Summary: | The overall objective of this study is
to learn about the impact of International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC) Banking on Women (BoW) Program in the
Europe and Central Asia and the Middle East and North Africa
(EMENA) through BLC Bank of Lebanon. The objective of this
specific case study is to understand the success of the BoW
program for BLC Bank in Lebanon in terms of the program’s
contribution to the bank’s bottom line, the growth and
sustainability of the BoW business, as well as the capacity
created within the bank to sustainably service women
entrepreneurs and consumers. BLC Bank’s BoW Program has been
branded by the Bank as the, We Initiative (Women Empowerment
Initiative) and will be referred to as such throughout the
study. The focus of the study is on what the authors
consider as aspects critical to a successful BoW investment
and advisory program. Particular attention is paid to
acknowledging the varying influences on a client bank’s
success including but not limited to different types of IFC
interventions, stages of program maturity, client buy-in and
commitment and data challenges. The focus of the study is on
banking for women-led Small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
The definition of women-led SMEs for the purpose of this
study is based on the definition provided by BLC Bank Lebanon. |
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