Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project

In October 2012, the Government of Ethiopia launched the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), with the aim of increasing the earnings and employment of growth-oriented micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owned or partly-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created t...

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Main Authors: Alibhai, Aly Salman, Achew, Mengistu Bessir, Strobbe, Francesco, Coleman, Rachel Dawn
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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spelling okr-10986-340132021-05-25T09:56:56Z Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project Alibhai, Aly Salman Achew, Mengistu Bessir Strobbe, Francesco Coleman, Rachel Dawn FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS MICROENTERPRISES ACCESS TO FINANCE BUSINESS SUPPORT PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB In October 2012, the Government of Ethiopia launched the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), with the aim of increasing the earnings and employment of growth-oriented micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owned or partly-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created the first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit in Africa, and one of few such operations in the world. In addition to the USD 45.9 million in financing, WEDP also offered a variety of innovative training opportunities, designed to not only enhance the business skills of its clients, but their entrepreneurial mindset and practices as well. 2020-07-01T16:57:46Z 2020-07-01T16:57:46Z 2020-05 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/340011593541910224/Designing-a-Credit-Facility-for-Women-Entrepreneurs-Lessons-from-the-Ethiopia-Women-Entrepreneurship-Development-Project http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34013 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Ethiopia
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topic FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
MICROENTERPRISES
ACCESS TO FINANCE
BUSINESS SUPPORT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
spellingShingle FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS
MICROENTERPRISES
ACCESS TO FINANCE
BUSINESS SUPPORT
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
Alibhai, Aly Salman
Achew, Mengistu Bessir
Strobbe, Francesco
Coleman, Rachel Dawn
Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
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description In October 2012, the Government of Ethiopia launched the Women Entrepreneurship Development Project (WEDP), with the aim of increasing the earnings and employment of growth-oriented micro and small enterprises (MSEs) owned or partly-owned by women entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. In doing so, it created the first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit in Africa, and one of few such operations in the world. In addition to the USD 45.9 million in financing, WEDP also offered a variety of innovative training opportunities, designed to not only enhance the business skills of its clients, but their entrepreneurial mindset and practices as well.
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author Alibhai, Aly Salman
Achew, Mengistu Bessir
Strobbe, Francesco
Coleman, Rachel Dawn
author_facet Alibhai, Aly Salman
Achew, Mengistu Bessir
Strobbe, Francesco
Coleman, Rachel Dawn
author_sort Alibhai, Aly Salman
title Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
title_short Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
title_full Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
title_fullStr Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
title_full_unstemmed Designing a Credit Facility for Women Entrepreneurs : Lessons from the Ethiopia Women Entrepreneurship Development Project
title_sort designing a credit facility for women entrepreneurs : lessons from the ethiopia women entrepreneurship development project
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/340011593541910224/Designing-a-Credit-Facility-for-Women-Entrepreneurs-Lessons-from-the-Ethiopia-Women-Entrepreneurship-Development-Project
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