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Financing Women-Owned SMEs: A Case Study in Ethiopia

Financing Women-Owned SMEs: A Case Study in Ethiopia

This case study concentrates on USAID's Development Credit Authority Agreement with the Bank of Abyssinia (BOA) in Ethiopia, which specifically targets women-owned SMEs, and the VEGA AGOA+ program, focused on financial sector and trade capacity development. The DCA program in Ethiopia was chosen because it is one of very few recent examples that explicitly seeks to benefit women-owned SMEs.

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