Based in Waterloo, Canada, MEDA partners with low-income entrepreneurs in developing regions worldwide, offering affordable credit, marketing and business training, and a range of economic development tools to start or grow small and medium-sized businesses. With a focus on women, youth, and the rural poor, MEDA believes that unleashing entrepreneurship is a powerful way to alleviate poverty. The agency's expertise includes financial services, improved technology, better access to markets, equity investment, and more. MEDA's board of directors manages the agency's assets, and its work is centered around #FinancialServices #BusinessTraining #BlendedFinance #ImpactInvesting #MarketSystems #ValueChains #EconomicEmpowerment.