Enhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders
This report was commissioned by the World Bank Group’s (WBG) financial inclusion support framework program, with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and with technical...
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okr-10986-362092021-08-31T05:10:42Z Enhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders World Bank ACCESS TO FINANCE CROSS-BORDER TRADE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS CUSTOMS UNION GENDER This report was commissioned by the World Bank Group’s (WBG) financial inclusion support framework program, with financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and with technical support from the East African Business Council to provide a diagnostic assessment of the women cross-border trade landscape across the East African Community (EAC). The diagnostic study identified policy and firm-level barriers that limit women’s bankability and financial access generally and during the current Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The objective of this study is to understand the constraints women cross-border traders in the EAC face in accessing finance and carrying out their operations. The study aims to draw insights from prior research, focus-group discussions (FGDs) with women cross-border traders, key stakeholder interviews, and data requests from commercial banks. This report is structured as follows: chapter one gives introduction. Chapter two describes the approach employed for the research; chapter three summarizes the macroeconomic, sociodemographic, and micro, small, and medium-sized enterprise (MSME) landscape of the partner states; chapter four breaks down the structure of trade across the EAC countries; chapter five provides the demand-side findings; chapter six details the supply-side findings; and chapter seven summarizes the key recommendations. Chapter eight includes annexes, including an East African Business Council (EABC) brief on the impact of COVID-19 on the EAC as of April 24, 2020. 2021-08-30T20:42:08Z 2021-08-30T20:42:08Z 2021-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/156861629959159396/Enhancing-Access-to-Finance-for-EAC-Women-Cross-Border-Traders-Diagnostic-Study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36209 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) East Africa |
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This report was commissioned by the
World Bank Group’s (WBG) financial inclusion support
framework program, with financial support from the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and with technical support from the
East African Business Council to provide a diagnostic
assessment of the women cross-border trade landscape across
the East African Community (EAC). The diagnostic study
identified policy and firm-level barriers that limit women’s
bankability and financial access generally and during the
current Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The
objective of this study is to understand the constraints
women cross-border traders in the EAC face in accessing
finance and carrying out their operations. The study aims to
draw insights from prior research, focus-group discussions
(FGDs) with women cross-border traders, key stakeholder
interviews, and data requests from commercial banks. This
report is structured as follows: chapter one gives
introduction. Chapter two describes the approach employed
for the research; chapter three summarizes the
macroeconomic, sociodemographic, and micro, small, and
medium-sized enterprise (MSME) landscape of the partner
states; chapter four breaks down the structure of trade
across the EAC countries; chapter five provides the
demand-side findings; chapter six details the supply-side
findings; and chapter seven summarizes the key
recommendations. Chapter eight includes annexes, including
an East African Business Council (EABC) brief on the impact
of COVID-19 on the EAC as of April 24, 2020. |
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Enhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders |
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Enhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/156861629959159396/Enhancing-Access-to-Finance-for-EAC-Women-Cross-Border-Traders-Diagnostic-Study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36209 |
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