IFC’s case study report showcasing Garanti Bank’s work on supporting women entrepreneurship in Turkey can be a role model for other banks. "Despite their contribution to industry, output, and employment generation, women-owned SMEs face a range of financial and non-financial challenges. Expanding women-owned SMEs’ access to finance by overcoming these barriers is vital to unlocking their potential as engines of economic growth," said IFC Associate Director Ed Strawderman.