The document discusses increasing access to capital for women entrepreneurs in Southeast Asia through gender lens investing. It outlines key concepts like gender lens investing which integrates gender analysis into the investment process. It notes the large untapped market opportunities for investing in women due to growing wealth and purchasing power of women as well as gender biases that hinder women's full economic potential. The response is to increase impact investments into women's small and medium enterprises in Southeast Asia by addressing supply-side constraints through direct market interventions and building the gender lens investing ecosystem. It highlights examples of innovative financing structures like blended finance that leverage private sector capital.

1. Increase access to capital for women entrepreneurs in
Southeast Asia
Seoul, South Korea
July 3, 2018
2018 Asia Network for Young
Social Entrepreneurs
James Soukamneuth, Ph.D.
Impact Investing Partnership Director
Women’s Economic Empowerment
Impact Investing in Women’s SMEs

2. Gender Lens Investing in Southeast Asia - Agenda
§ Impact Investing with a Gender Lens – Key Concepts
§ Development Context – Untapped Market Opportunities and
Gender Biases
§ Response by Investing in Women (IW)
Ø Direct Market Interventions
Ø Market Building Role
§ Market Innovations – Blended Finance for Gender Lens Investing
§ Key Take-aways
§ Call to Action – Moving Capital with a Gender Lens
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3. Impact Investing
Seeking to make investments, with the
intention to generate measurable
gender, social, and/or environmental
impact alongside financial returns
Donating
Philanthropic Donations
Venture Philanthropy
Program-related
Investments
Pure Social
Investing
Pure Profit
ESG Investments
Socially Responsible
Investing
Traditional Investments
Impact
Investing
Impact-First Investments
Finance-First Investments
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Key Concepts Impact Investing with a Gender Lens

4. Gender Lens Investing: Set of principles that integrate gender analysis into the investment
process to achieve better outcomes and promote gender equality.
Access to Capital Workplace Equity Products and Services
Threads of
Investment
Activities
(What)
Creating
gender
impact
Gender
Impact
Management
(How)
Informed by
gender
analysis
Planning
and
Sourcing
Screening
and
Mapping
Analysis
Due
Diligence
Investment
Decision
Making
Deal
Execution
Monitoring
and
Reporting
ExitingInvestment
Process
Investment Strategy
Mission and vision
Data and Metrics
Performance monitoring
Resources
Financial and human
Organizational Structure
and Culture
Change management
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Impact Investing with a Gender LensKey Concepts

5. Sources: Power of Parity: Advancing Women’s Equality in Asia Pacific, McKinsey Global Institute, 2018.
Untapped Market Potential
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Development Context
Economic Dividend
Lost economic opportunity
without gender parity
Globally
USD 12.0 Trillion
Asia Pacific
USD 4.5 Trillion
Improvements in GDP (USD billions) by Advancing Women’ Equality by 2025

6. Sources: Various industry reports.
Untapped Market Potential
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Development Context
Female
Economy
Growing wealth
and purchasing
power
Starting businesses
1.5x
the pace of men
Inheriting
70% - USD 28 Trillion
of inter-generational
wealth transfers (USA)
Driving
80% - USD 18 Trillion
of all consumer
spending
Controlling
30% - USD 40 Trillion
of global private
wealth
Increasing wealth
assets annually by
7% - Globally
13% - Asia Pacific
83% of urban women
Contributing to
household income
(Asia)
Pushing
growth of on-line
shopping
in Asia

7. Closing the gender credit gap for women-owned SMEs can drive global
growth è boosting income per capita 12% higher by 2030.
Sources: Goldman Sachs, Giving Credit Where Credit is Due, 2014.
Untapped Market Potential
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70% of
women’s
SMEs
Unserved and
under-served by
formal financial
institutions in
emerging markets
Women’s
SME finance
gap
§ Globally: US$ 285 B
§ East Asia: US$ 68 B
Small and
informal
entrepreneurs
Disproportionately
affected by credit
gap
Development Context
Unbanked
and under-
capitalized,
worldwide
SME
Sector

8. Women’s full economic potential in business remans unrealized, hindered by implicit/explicit biases.
Gender Biases
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Development Context
Companies
with women
CEOs secure
3%
of venture
capital
Women
account for
20%
of portfolio
managers at
mutual funds
Women-led
businesses receive
less than 1%
of corporate
procurement
contracts
Women partners
make up
8%
of venture capital
firms (USA)
Sources: Various industry reports.
Female executives
appear on
5%
of venture-funded
firms (USA)
Investors exhibit
gender stereotypes
about entrepreneurial
performance, risk, and
ambition

9. 9
Gender Biases
“We don’t see
things as they
are. We see
them as we
are.”
Anaïs Nin
Development Context

10. 1.
Impact investments into women’s SMEs significantly increase in Southeast Asia.
Addressing Supply-side Constraints
Investing in Women Champions Industry PlayersImpact Investors
Direct Market
Interventions
Investment Financing
Operational Support
Market
Building Role
Gender Lens
Ecosystem
Knowledge Building
Catalyzing the market Influencing the market
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Response by Investing in WomenSchematic Framework

11. Impact
Investing
Partner
Performance-based
grant
Fund / portfolio
management
Management fee
Investment Structure
TA Facility
Blended Finance Structure
Women’s Economic
Empowerment
Access to (and control
over) economic
resources
Leveraged Capital
(Private Sector)
Co-investments
Women’s SMEs Indonesia Philippines Vietnam
Risk Capital
Investment
management
Gender Lens
Advisory
(on-going)
Knowledge
Management
and Learning
Impact
Investing
Community Investor
engagement
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Market Innovations

12. Impact Investing Partners
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Market Innovations

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Why invest with a gender lens?
1. Market opportunities
2. Alignment with core
values and mission
3. Fundraising potential
Implication for Future Activities
1. Strengthen the overall
business case.
2. Reinforce natural linkages
between growth of impact
investing with gender lens
investing.
3. Develop targeted investor
engagement strategy to
move capital with a gender
lens to the region.
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Key Take-AwaysGender Impact Investing

14. 14
If impact investors look
to create stronger social
impact, then they need
to incorporate an
intentional gender lens
into their investment
strategy.
Key Take-AwaysGender Impact Investing

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Call to ActionInvesting in Women
§ Invest in female leaders.
§ Address gender biases.
§ Promote workplace gender equity.
§ Demand gender-inclusive strategies.
§ Don’t wait.

16. Thank You!
B. James Soukamneuth, Ph.D.
Impact Investing Partnership Director
Investing in Women Initiative
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