Nancy Lee, General Manager of the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, announced  plans to produce a comprehensive set of metrics for evaluating countries’ environments for women’s business start-ups and growth in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The WEVentureScope, which will be produced in partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, will examine the factors that most strongly affect women’s opportunities to own, manage and grow micro, small and medium-sized businesses. Those factors will include the business and entrepreneurship environment, access to finance, education and skill-building opportunities, and the availability of social services.