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Sep
10
2020
9:00—10:30 AM EDT
August 31, 2020
As evidence mounts of the scale of benefits from empowering women as entrepreneurs, managers, workers, and consumers, many development finance institutions (DFIs) are increasing their focus on gender equity in their investment strategies and internal administration. With the first ever Gender Equity...
Blog Post
April 08, 2019
There is no more urgent and fundamental problem in development than finding effective ways to help the ultra-poor improve their economic and social condition. But most interventions don’t reach the poorest of the poor. A stellar panel cohosted by CGD and Women for Women Internat...
Mar
19
2019
9:30—11:00 AM
March 05, 2019
How can interventions best address the needs of the world’s poorest women? Evidence suggests that bundled services offer a viable pathway out of poverty. The graduation approach combines elements of social protection, livelihood development, and access to finance to move highly vulnerable hous...
Blog Post
September 13, 2017
A consistent but perhaps unsurprising theme of CGD’s September 7 panel discussion, "Women Entrepreneurs: What Really Helps Them Start and Grow Businesses?" was that neither the challenges nor the solutions are simple. Access to finance—frequently emphasized—is not th...