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For Hiring a consultant/firm to conduct an Access to Finance Research iDE is an international NGO with over 30 years of experience in designing and delivering market based anti-poverty programs in 11 countries. We are a world leader in making markets work for the poor as well as the longest established market development specialist NGO in Bangladesh. iDE believes that markets can be a powerful force for improving smallholder prosperity by creating income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households. The Women’s Economic Empowerment through Strengthening Market Systems (WEESMS) programme is a five-year (2016-2021) initiative funded by the Embassy of Sweden, designed to increase women’s participation in the labour market in rural and peri-urban Bangladesh, with a significant focus on reducing gender inequality in the country’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. The programme is being implemented through a partnership of iDE Bangladesh and The Asia Foundation across nine districts under the Khulna and Rangpur divisions of Bangladesh. During its inception phase, the programme conducted a thorough market research to narrow down its focus from over hundreds of industries to specifically the sub-sectors of home textiles and jute diversified products, and, processed and packaged foods. The preliminary deep dives and WEESMS’s first year of the implementation experience suggests that access to finance ( A2F) is a major constraint for the women entrepreneurs in Rangpur and Khulna in the two target sectors. As a step to address this constraint, WEESMS is looking to hire a consultant/firm to conduct an Access to Finance research which will assist the WEESMS project to develop and implement an effective financial inclusion strategy that can lead to improved growth and expansion of women led SMEs and more equitable access to financial products and services for women entrepreneurs and women employees. Terms of Reference Click Here to see full ToR Please apply through this application portal Application Deadline: 5:00 PM, 26 August, 2018 iDE reserves the right to accept or reject any submission without any prior explanation whatsoever. iDE Bangladesh | www.ideglobal.org/country/bangladesh |