This Survey from Vital Voices finds that women business owners in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have a strong appetite for expansion and are poised to contribute to economic growth, but require greater access to capital to grow their businesses.

This presentation was given during a conference jointly organized by The Arab Monetary Fund and IFC on “Building a High Performance Small Medium Enterprise Business in the Arab World” on 7-8 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE.