Providing Enterprise Development and Financial Services to Women. A Decade of Bank Experience in Asia

摘要

The paper contributes to the World Bank's internal dialogue on institutional approaches to providing enterprize development and financial services (EDFS/W) to low income clients, particularly women. Patterns and trends in the EDFS/W project portfolio are identified based on project size, direct and indirect targeting mechanisms, financial arrangements and institutional frameworks, country, sector and the year in which the project was initiated. In both South and East Asia, credit has been the most popular financial service offered in EDFS/W projects.