Closing the gender financing gap by fixing market failure

A new capital grant mechanism will allow the USAID CATALYZE Women’s Empowerment (WE) initiative, to promote private sector investment to close the gender financing gap at scale in the near term. The grant mechanism is designed to influence the behavior of investors to invest in women-owned and women-led funds and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), including first-time women fund managers and women investors. It will also provide critical insight into key learning questions about the gender financing gap.