IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank

Published purpose

The project aims to support women entrepreneurs in certain urban and surrounding areas in Ethiopia. It seeks to give women entrepreneurs better access to finance and entrepreneurial and technical training and services. Women who have experience in running their own micro or small business decide to participate in the program and choose the components of the program that are most useful for them. The program helps women gain access to small loans, provides training on skills development, technology and product development, and also includes activities such as awareness raising campaigns to build family and community support for women entrepreneurs. This component of the project represents funds set aside for technical assistance to strengthen the capacity of key organizations to promote equality between women and men. For administrative reasons, sometimes the funds identified for technical assistance are included in the main project budget and sometimes, as in this case, they are assigned a separate project number.