The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), a government-backed institution, recently announced it will participate in the following initiatives promoting the economic empowerment of women:
1) The office of the US President and DFC increased the target of funds to be mobilized through the 2X Women’s Initiative of the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative to USD 6 billion. 2X Women was launched in 2018 and has since documented
The US Agency for International Development (AID) recently gave USD 2.5 million from the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative to US-based nonprofit Kiva to develop the Kiva Invest in Women Fund (K-IWF). Kiva plans for this investment vehicle to mobilize USD 100 million for women entrepreneurs as part of Kiva Capital, the NGOs “asset management subsidiary offering impact-first investment vehicles.” As groundwork for the fund, Kiva Capital will use the money to: