wider MENA Transition Fund project to support the design and implementation of SME policies in Libya. …The report is intended to contribute to the implementation of policies in a post-conflict Libya to promote private … sector development. The report analyses the structural economic and framework conditions prevalent in Libya, highlights …

Among the principal constraints for SME lending is the lack of SME transparency, poor credit information from credit … 21 percent. State banks still play an important role in financing SMEs in the MENA region, but they use less … SME finance in the region, and are associated with higher levels of SME lending. The paper concludes that MENA policy …