The Catalyzing Women’s Entrepreneurship programme aims to advance women entrepreneurship and market participation in the Asia-Pacific region, resulting in poverty reduction, improved livelihoods and economic growth.
The programme works to create an enabling environment for women entrepreneurs to effectively start-up and/or expand their businesses. It takes a facilitative approach to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem, by enhancing women entrepreneur's access and use of financial services; strengthening women entrepreneur's use of ICT and digital solutions to support their businesses; and through policy and governance initiatives. The programme undertakes on-the-ground implementation activities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Fiji, Nepal, Samoa and Viet Nam with policy and advocacy support accross South Asia, South East Asia and the Pacific.
