Gender Lens Investing: How Finance Can Accelerate Gender Equality in Latin America and the Caribbean

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From IDB Invest and ESADE. Globally gender lens investing has grown exponentially as a way to increase financial returns and gender equality. What is this trend about? What can Latin America and the Caribbean learn from it?

At current rates of progress, it will take 74 years to achieve gender parity in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Gender Gap report. This paper includes:

  • the experience of the US, Europe and other countries in channelling over $2.2B in gender lens investing

  • gaps and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean to attract international investors

  • success stories from Mexico, Colombia, Panama and Brazil

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