This year's edition is built around the theme: Transforming Access Into Impact, through the lens of the SME Growth Stack - fit-for-purpose finance, trusted data, and digital platforms - examining how these forces can move SMEs from local potential to global performance. 

How can mentorship – by nature human-intensive, time-intensive, and relationship-driven – be delivered effectively at scale? Especially for a diverse set of women entrepreneurs with varying digital capabilities and operational contexts. That is the question Strive Mexico set out to answer.

The Scorecard provides Filipino MSMEs with trusted, clear, and accessible pathways to measure sustainability performance, strengthen credibility, and unlock opportunities aligned with global environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards. 

This partnership represents a shared commitment to addressing critical barriers faced by MSMEs by combining BOI’s financing capabilities with GIZ’s technical expertise and programmatic experience. 

Drawing on original survey data and focus group discussions with over 800 urban women microentrepreneurs in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa, the study shows that timely and actionable climate information is closely associated with whether a business is able to return to normal operations within a month of a shock.

The guarantee facility is designed as a risk-sharing mechanism to encourage increased lending to MSMEs and digital platform- enabled businesses that often face constraints in accessing appropriate financing.

This financial diaries study follows a previous randomized controlled trial of Grameen America's program of group-based microloans for women, aiming to answer the question: how could improvements across multiple aspects of borrowers’ financial lives occur despite only modest increases in monthly net income? 

This report formulates strategic recommendations and tools for optimal access to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh.

The 2024 ASEAN Monitoring Progress Report provides a data-driven view of financial inclusion, financial capability, MSME finance and emerging Inclusive Green Finance (IGF) across the region.

The loan will boost access to finance for youth-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), helping young people to grow their businesses.