In this video we created for Financial Inclusion Week, we sift through data to tell the story of businesses straddling the borderlands between the cash and digital economies after COVID-19. . . .
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Your Gender Profit Gap Questions Answered
What should we measure (besides profits) to better understand business success? Wy do women choose some sectors over others? . . .
Read MoreTrust, Trade-offs & Metrics: Three Takeaways from the Gender Profit Gap Literature
Last week FAI hosted a webinar on the Gender Profit Gap to talk about why women’s businesses are smaller, grow less, and earn less, than men’s businesses. Below, some reflections from the literature on what can be done to empower women entrepreneurs. . . .
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Join us on Tuesday, March 2 as we bring together leading experts to explore innovative research around the reasons behind gender differences in the profitability and growth of small firms, and ways to better meet the needs of female entrepreneurs. . . .
Read MoreThe Most Vulnerable Small Businesses and Communities Will Be Left Behind Without Targeted Action: The Fed and Treasury Can Make Sure They Are Not
By Bill Bynum, Joyce Klein, and Tim Ogden. . . .
This blog post was originally published on the Aspen Institute.org. . . .
You’ve heard about how important small businesses are to the economy and the nation. You’ve heard various figures being proposed to help those small businesses: $300 Billion, $350 Billion, $500 Billion. . . .
What you likely haven’t heard is who typically receives small business stimulus funds. Even with the vast figures being proposed those funds won’t reach the most vulnerable businesses or the most vulnerable communities. We know because we’ve seen it in the past. . . .
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