EBRD Women in Business Programme in Turkey

The Women in Business programme in Türkiye was the first EBRD approach to “support women’s access to finance and entrepreneurship, combining dedicated financing, backed by technical advice to local financial institutions and a direct engagement with women entrepreneurs through access to training, advisory services, mentoring and networking.” This study seeks to review the first phase of the programme in Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and assess its relevance, its effectiveness in achieving intended results and its efficiency.

The Evaluation Department aims to answer three evaluation questions to in this review:

1. Relevance: Has TurWiB been aligned with and supportive of EBRD’s strategic agenda, country and donor priorities?

2. Effectiveness: Has TurWiB achieved its intended objectives and what evidence is available to this?

3. Efficiency: Has TurWiB’s structure, resourcing and management supported efficiently the achievement of its intended results?