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Enhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-30T20:42:08Z
dc.date.available2021-08-30T20:42:08Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/156861629959159396/Enhancing-Access-to-Finance-for-EAC-Women-Cross-Border-Traders-Diagnostic-Study
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/36209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/36209
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectACCESS TO FINANCE
dc.subjectCROSS-BORDER TRADE
dc.subjectEAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
dc.subjectWOMEN ENTREPRENEURS
dc.subjectCUSTOMS UNION
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.titleEnhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Tradersen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleEnhancing Access to Finance for EAC Women Cross-Border Traders
okr.date.disclosure2021-08-26
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T08:48:38.077747Z
okr.date.lastmodified2021-08-24T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Other Financial Sector Study
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/156861629959159396/Enhancing-Access-to-Finance-for-EAC-Women-Cross-Border-Traders-Diagnostic-Study
okr.guid156861629959159396
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum090224b0888fccf8_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum33365111
okr.identifier.report163369
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/156861629959159396/pdf/Enhancing-Access-to-Finance-for-EAC-Women-Cross-Border-Traders-Diagnostic-Study.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.geographicalEast Africa
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Access to Finance
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economic Policy
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::Customs and Trade
okr.topicInternational Economics and Trade::International Trade and Trade Rules
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.unitFinance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice
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