The first-ever Multi-Country Gender Binding Series (ESCAP), the Asia-Pacific Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Rockefeller Foundation, has gained new funding from Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)’s winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series (WLB Series).
The second multi-country gender bond, Women’s Livelihood Bond 2 (WLB 2) IIX, which was to be listed on the Singapore Exchange successfully closed off the US$ 12 million. For more than 250,000 underserved women in the country, WLB2 would create sustainable livelihoods. It is the second bond in IIX’s winning, US, Asian, African, Australian, and New Zealand-based WLB Series.READ MORE