Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction xi
PART I: Women's Financial Inclusion: Clearing the Roadblocks to Empowerment 1
1 The Road to Financial Inclusion 5
2 What's Standing in the Way of Women's Financial Inclusion? 33
3 From Invisibility to Agency 55
PART II: Making the Business Case 73
4 Making the Business Case for Building Wealth 77
5 Making the Business Case for Access to Capital 101
6 Making the Business Case for Managing Risk 129
7 A Call to Action 141
Acknowledgments 161
Notes 163
Index 201

About the Author

Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women's World Banking, a global nonprofit devoted to giving more low-income women access to financial tools and resources they need for both security and prosperity.