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WOMEN
BUSINESS,
WOMEN
AND AND
DEVELOPMENT
BUSINESS
Drivers of Development
TELLINGOURSTORY
2011
Vol. 5 / Issue 2
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WOMEN BUSINESS, WOMEN AND AND DEVELOPMENT BUSINE
3 Women as LEadErs Women as EntrEprEnEurs
Women as EmpLoyEEs TELLINGOURSTORY 2011 Vol. 5
introduCtion WOMEN AND BUSINESS Message from
A PUSH FOR PROGRESS In many parts of the devel
introduCtion CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN t
Women and the Private Sector Playing a Critical R
introduCtion
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introduCtion IFC CEO GENDER AWARD Encouraging
CONTENTS Telling Our Story—Women and Business Sep
WOMEN'S GROWING ROLE IN BUSINESS 54.3% % OF FI
Women as LEADERS W omen play an increa
siErra LEonE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Ro
LeFT Marie Bob-Kandeh speaks for infomal sector w
gLobaL WOMEN CEOs business leaders
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pakistan CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Chan
thE buSinESS CaSE FOR bOaRDROOM DiVERSity
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS: CHANGING THE FACE OF THE GLO
Women as ENTREPRENEURS E ntrepreneurship is t
nigEria SME FINANCE the Search for
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sri Lanka MANAGEMENT TRAINING busi
PHoToS Manurie de Silva (top left) heads up women
% OF FULL-TIME FEMALE WORKERS ALL DEVELOPING CO
Women as EMPLOYEES A s employees, women are a
gLobaL AGRIBUSINESS Reaping the ha
aGRibuSinESS jObS inCREaSE WOMEn’S inCOMES.
global TOURISM Opportunities Aboun
hOtElS bRinG PHoToS IFC clients like Protea
nEpaL Ri
inCREaSinG tRaDE beLo
viEtnam LABOR STANDARDS improvingW
PHoToS In Vietnam, IFC works in partnership with
haiti
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bangLadEsh EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES
iMPROVinG WORkER-ManaGEMEnt DialOGuE 37
south afriCa MINING Women’s Partic
PHoToS Collaborating closely with IFC, platinum m
GLOBAL CONSUMER SPENDING BY WOMEN: 2009 2014 (
Women as CONSUMERS W omen are the world’s
CoLombia MICROFINANCE investing in
above From girlhood, Lumelina Sánchez (top right)
afriCa LIGHTING AFRICA Making a Ma
GRAPHICS TBD MOVinG MaRkEtS With thE PuRChaSinG P
global EDUCATION Opportunities at
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GENDER ISSUES FREQUENTLY RAISED IN MULTISTAKEHOLD
Women as STAKEHOLDERS T he business case for c
gLobaL SEEKING IFC articul
LeFT Indigenous women in Botswana’s Kalahari Dese
CONTACT US iFC has offices in more than 80 count
CrEdits Telling our Story—Women and business Pr
OUR VISION That people should have the opportunit