Building Women-Focused Finance

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Building Women-Focused Finance: The Global-Local ExperienceWolfgang Reuß

Chairman, SANAD Fund for MSME

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• Established in 2011 by and financed by , and

• Mission: employment creation, especially among the youth, and economic development in MENA through the sustainable provision of finance to MSMEs via eligible partner institutions

Commitments USD88m

Investments USD35m

MFI partners

TA funding USD8m

TA projects (approved) 38

Target countries

• Algeria

• Egypt

• Iraq

• Jordan

• Lebanon

• Morocco

• Palestinian

Territories

• Syria

• Tunisia

• Yemen

Products

Debt(senior and sub debt, deposit, guarantees)

Equity(ordinary and pref. shares,

mezzanine)

TA(individual and institutional capacity building, sector

support)

Achievements

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Mature and stable

environment

3 7 LCY lending

1 2

1 7

1

1 1 2 LCY lending

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2

+6 regional

Equity

Debt TA New productsHigh risk or

non-conducive

environment

Manageable risks, more conducive

environment

Developed market with

market based pricing

MFI sector maturity

Note: OSS = operational self sustainability; Algeria and Syria have been excluded from the analysis as SANAD currently cannot invest in those countries

OSS evolution

MFI sector evolution SANAD products / strategy (reflecting key investment trends)

Jordan

Lebanon

Palestine

Morocco

Tunisia

Yemen

Egypt

Iraq

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