Inclusive Finance’,Gender & the Business Case

Book ID: ISED-366

Book Type: Soft Copy

Description

The concept of ‘inclusive finance’ has gained significant global acceptability over the past 2 decades. Apart from its ideological premises, the practice of this highly socially relevant concept is difficult and complex. While the credit manger is at the receiving endof such a complex task, it is important to focus on public policy and strategies with great care. As gender budgeting has become the honour of the day, in most of the public programs, there is a gender component in to which credit should naturally flow. Even thepublic financial institutions have their dedicated gender programs. To what extent the financial institutions find a business case withsuch programs? Besides, what is the experience of such programs in relation to bankability and sustainability. It is important that the bankers dilemma is reduced to the minimum with the help of a strong evidence base. Such an initiative is critical from the point ofview of ensuring the credibility of gender sensitive public programs for enterprise development, and to ensure accelerated credit flowin to such businesses