DID - Développement international Desjardins

Published purpose

This project aims to strengthen the socio-economic empowerment of 60 000 women and 6 000 young entrepreneurs in southern Senegal and peri-urban regions through a three-tiered financial inclusion strategy. Project activities include: (1) working in partnership with communities and local organizations to address constraints related to using financial products and services by women and youth to increase productive investment in businesses owned by this population; (2) working closely with community-based financial institutions to eliminate constraints on accessing financial products and services; and (3) providing state actors with technical support to make gender equality strategies more coherent and relevant when developing, implementing and evaluating financial inclusion programs and policies.