Project Name：Women’s Livelihood Loan Project in Southeast and South Asia

Project status：Completed projects

Cooperating Country：Asia-Pacific, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Cambodia

Project Description：

TaiwanICDF cooperated with Singapore-based Impact Investment Exchange (IIX), the U.S. International Development Finance Corporate (DFC) and other international development partners on the 3rd Women’s Livelihood Bond (WLB3), the objective was to catalyze private sector capital investing toward women’s economic empowerment and sustainable livelihoods in Southeast and South Asia. The project empowered over 290,000 women, generating a Social Return on Investment (SROI) of USD 4.13 for every USD 1 invested.

Region：Asia-Pacific

Implementation Start Date：2020-11-25

Implementation End Date：2025-11-24

Project Objectives：To help women in Southeast and South Asia build financial resilience and transform lives into sustainable livelihoods.

Executing Agency：Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Implementation Arrangement：

The TaiwanICDF provided a concessional loan in the WLB3. Together with the credit guarantee provided by DFC, the WLB3 catalyzed eight times of private sector capital invested in the WLB3. As such, this structure connected official development agencies and capital market funds to co-invest in solutions for sustainable development of women in Southeast Asia and South Asia.
The WLB3 proceeds was used to make loans to qualified microfinance institutions and impact enterprises, which assisted women in acquiring productive assets, business skills, financing and other financial services or market channels, to empower women to transit from subsistence to sustainable livelihoods.

Signing Date：2020-11-25