USAID INVEST Close-Up: Catalyzing Private Investment for Women's Economic Empowerment

This close-up provides background on the innovative partnership between USAID and Women’s World Banking and the creation of WWBCP II. It explores the potential of using blended finance to expand economic empowerment for low-income women, with a focus on the role of digital financial inclusion. It also details the process of an international development institution piloting a new way to engage with the private sector and, lastly, discusses the implications of the success of that pilot for the development road ahead.