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IFC, Goldman Sachs Initiative Invests $1 Billion in Women Entrepreneurs in Emerging Markets

New York, May 18, 2018—The Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Facility (“WEOF”), a first-of-its-kind partnership between the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women program and IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has now invested more than $1 billion in women entrepreneurs in emerging markets, delivering much-needed capital to small businesses and far surpassing the facility’s original goal of $600 million. 
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