2025 Public Sector Perspectives

In 2024 the G7 summit in The 2X Challenge reaffirmed the world’s commitment to financing gender parity with the groups multilateral and development agencies announcing the bold new goal of supporting $20BN in 2X defined gender finance over the next three years 5 . For the first time, private capital is working alongside the development and multilateral agencies to take on the 2X Challenge. Citi via Citi Social Finance sits on the 2X Challenge board and represents the voice of the private sector to the 2X Challenge. Citi is focused on expanding access to goods, services and importantly finance in emerging economies, and particularly expanding access to finance for women. The bank, through the Public Sector - Social Finance group, has set a goal of supporting 15 million households including 10 million women with access to life changing goods and services including finance by 2025. Through our clients, Citi has to date financed 5.8 million women across 22 countries with an average loan size of $306, indicating how deep into emerging economies the financing is able to reach. Citi remains committed to financing gender focused investments in emerging economies, and in so doing enabling women everywhere in Citi’s footprint with the empowerment through finance and access to better support themselves and their families and communities. 5 G7 2X Challenge note 2024 Apulia-G7-Leaders-Communique.pdf (g7italy.it) 16 FinancingWomen in Emerging Markets: Citi’s Gender Focused Investing Strategy