Democratising Access to Social Finance: Green and Social Enterprises in the Pacific and the Caribbean

In the face of mounting climate risks, entrepreneurs are coming up with solutions to accelerate transition to more climate resilient development, alongside investors putting more resources into climate finance. The climate risks are particularly acute for island nations in the Pacific and the Caribbean, where there’s also been a growth in entrepreneurial solutions that address both the environmental and social impact of climate change.

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By supporting business climate and investment environment reforms, the ICR Facility aims to help generate more decent jobs and contribute to improving livelihoods in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.

Training on Business Environment Reforms to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment

Women's Economic Empowerment

Training on Business Environment Reforms to Support Women’s Economic Empowerment Register HERE What? The course develops awareness and provides tools to advance Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) through Business Environment Reform (BER) in African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Participants learn to apply a gender-sensitive and gender-transformative lens when they work on their own reforms, taking […]

How to develop a gender approach in Development Finance Institutions

Access to Finance

What? In these free, self-paced training modules you will learn how to develop a gender finance approach in the development finance institution. It is an interactive way to learn more about institutional gender mainstreaming, actions and measures to be taken in the organisation to ensure gender inclusion. The training contains videos, texts, interactive exercises and […]

Training on Business Environment Reforms Tools

Business Regulation and Policy

In these self-paced modules in “Business Environment Reform Tools”, representatives from public and private stakeholders in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries will learn how to use practical and straight-forward tools to improve the business environment in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. You will earn a PDF certificate once you pass all the tasks of the four modules. […]

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Access to finance for women-owned and led MSMEs in the Caribbean

Despite their potential to drive economic growth in the Caribbean, women-owned or led micro, small and medium enterprises (WMSMEs) face barriers that create a significant financing gap, hampering their ability to scale and build economic resilience. Similar disparities in access to finance are found globally and are rooted in issues such as traditional banking models, restrictive collateral requirements and […]

Training Kit: Decent Work in the Recycling Sector

This training kit has been designed to support trainers from civil society organisations (CSOs) and local authorities who assist women working in the recycling sector. It aims to provide them with concrete, structured teaching materials to strengthen their capacity to promote decent, safe, and fair work, in line with the commitments of the Regional Charter […]

Flagship Study: Access to Finance for Women-led MSMEs in the Caribbean

The ICR Facility conducted a study for the Caribbean Development Bank to reduce the research gap in the Caribbean MSME sector, enhance the understanding of the needs and opportunities for Women-led MSMEs (WMSMEs) to increase their access to finance and identify measures to unlock investments. Find the summarised findings in this report. Read the […]

ICR 2020-2025 wrapped: Access to Finance

This leaflet provides you with a short overview of the ICR Facility’s approach to Access to Finance and how we put that in practice through a selection of interventions. The leaflet shares key lessons for practitioners and an overview of our reports on this subject. Discover other leaflets from this Series: Public-Private Dialogue […]

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Making industry work for women in Côte d’Ivoire

Industry accounts for nearly a quarter of Côte d’Ivoire’s GDP, yet the share of women working in this sector has nearly halved from just over 10% in 2013 to under 6% today. As women made gains in agriculture and services, they were being left behind in a sector that has helped make Côte d’Ivoire one […]

Empowering Women in Trade: Lessons from the Dominican Republic, Kenya, and Tanzania

Coordinated institutional support services, tailored skills development, better data and finance with a gender lens can generate stable women exporters Across Africa and the Caribbean, women entrepreneurs are the backbone of many local economies—but too often they are held back by complex regulations, high costs, and fragmented support. Three recent Investment Climate Reform (ICR) Facility […]

Inclusive investment climate reform: ICR Facility’s work on tackling Gender-Based Violence in investment climate

For weeks, Rose, a trader, avoided crossing the border to the neighboring country to purchase business supplies after experiencing sexual harassment. The incident disrupted her business, caused her to lose regular clients, and reduced her family’s income. For several women in business, concerns about safety extend beyond the market premises or gate. Globally, 1 in […]

Unlocking the power and potential of the creative industries in Uganda

One question that has often been asked in certain Ugandan circles is why the creative arts have been overlooked by the government for so long, its potential largely untapped. For years, there’s been little progress on policies that could help lift the industry and turn it into an economic powerhouse for the Ugandan people. […]

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Session 6 of DFI Exchange Group

Join us for the next DFI Exchange Group: Gender Champions Roundtable Series? We are inviting gender officers and gender focal points at DFIs to join us for the Gender Champions Roundtable Series taking place in October. The purpose of these online sessions is to exchange with your peers on the following topics: how to prepare and […]

Session 5 of DFI Exchange Group

Join us for an engaging peer learning experience focused on Alternative (to) Collateral for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). This DFI Exchange Group provided valuable insights, technical guidance, and real-world examples from DFIs on key aspects of alternative (to) collateral. Date: 2 July 2025 Time: 09:00 EST/ 15:00 CEST/ 14:00 WAT/ 15:00 CAT / 16:00 EAT […]

Toward Fit-for-Purpose DFI Regulation in the SADC Region

Overview – Policy Brief The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) is spotlighting the critical role of National Public Development Banks (NDBs) in mobilizing domestic resources, crowding in private investment, and delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The First Draft of the Outcome Document, which outlines a renewed financing framework and emphasizes […]

Session 4 of DFI Exchange Group

You’re Invited to the 4th ICR Facility DFI Exchange Group on Wholesale Lending! Join us for an engaging peer learning experience focused on Wholesale Lending for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs). This two-part DFI Exchange Group will provide valuable insights, technical guidance, and real-world examples from DFIs on key aspects of wholesale lending. Our guest speakers […]

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