TO GROW THE ECONOMY, SUPPORT FEMALE FOUNDERS
World Bank Group president Jim Yong Kim says one of the quickest ways to end poverty is increasing the ranks of female entrepreneurs. The U.S. should pay attention to the breakthroughs happening in the developing world
IN THE DEMOCRATIC Republic of the Congo, Kany Mufuta runs a small company that produces flour from cassava root. Demand for her product is booming, but she doesn’t have the resources to buy new equipment to expand production. Kany got a small loan from a program sponsored by the World Bank Group, but when she looked for other sources of capital, local
