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dc.titleFinancial Innovation to Support Women-Led Businesses: Mexico’s First Gender Bond and the Role of National Development Banks
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Gabriela
dc.contributor.authorPrado, Gerald
dc.contributor.orgunitConnectivity, Markets and Finance Division
dc.coverageMexico
dc.date.available2020-11-02T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-11-02T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractGender bonds are social bonds with a gender focus, representing a promising financing vehicle for institutions committed to addressing and reducing gender inequality by improving womens access to financing, leadership positions, and equality in labor markets. This document summarizes the main characteristics of Mexicos first gender bond, issued by the Trust Funds for Rural Development (Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación a la Agricultura, or FIRA) with the aim of expanding the resources available to finance projects led by women in rural areas. This bond also represented the first to be issued by a national development bank (NDB) in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This document thus also highlights the potential of this financing instrument and the opportunities it offers to NDBs to mobilize private sector resources to expand the financing frontier for women while fostering best practices to serve them. This potential is particularly relevant considering that women entrepreneurs in LAC remain underserved by financial institutions and gender gaps prevail in access to finance and financial inclusion.
dc.format.extent10
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002810
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Financial-Innovation-to-Support-Women-Led-Businesses-Mexicos-First-Gender-Bond-and-the-Role-of-National-Development-Banks.pdf
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/spanish/document/Innovacion-financiera-para-apoyar-empresas-dirigidas-por-mujeres-Primer-bono-de-genero-en-Mexico-y-el-rol-de-los-bancos-nacionales-de-desarrollo.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectGender Equality
dc.subjectFintech
dc.subjectSmall Business Financing
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectAccess to Finance
dc.subjectFinancial Inclusion
dc.subjectFinancial Service
dc.subjectDevelopment Bank
dc.subjectWomen Entrepreneurs
dc.subjectSocial Bond
dc.subjectFinancial Bond
dc.subject.jelcodeZ00 - Other Special Topics: General: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG20 - Financial Institutions and Services: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG10 - General Financial Markets: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG50 - General
dc.subject.keywordsfinancial markets;financial inclusion;gender equality;financial mechanisms;use of proceeds;capital market development;social bond;gender bond;women entrepreneurs;access tofinance;bonds;impactinvestors;national development banks
dc.typeLearning Materials
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-LM-00275
idb.operationRG-T3530
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