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Almost all formal small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Jamaica have access to checking or saving accounts, but the financial sector is scarcely used to finance their investments. The lack of funding for the SME sector, or its high cost, has a negative impact on entrepreneurship and business...
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Agricultural transformation that involves the production of high-value food products and post-harvest processing is high on the policy agenda in many developing countries. A surge in the demand for high value and processed food products observed in Asia and Latin America is also happening in...
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enabling environment. A detailed analysis of the financial sector infrastructure for MSME financing and the secured …
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This review of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance support programs aims to enhance the efficiency of SME finance support in Chile. Chile's good economic policies have successfully promoted growth, but inequality has remained high. Supporting access to finance for SMEs is an...
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The countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have articulated a vision for sustainable economic development that highlights the need to diversify the productive base to reduce dependence on the hydrocarbon sector and create more employment opportunities for their young and growing...
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This document has the purpose of identifying and describing actions that could aid in facilitating the financing of … of the document comprises the following sections: (a) characteristics of SME financing and the main obstacles they face …
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The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has set back the economy and fiscal balances of Sierra Leone, which are now further impacted by the war in Ukraine. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth turned negative in 2020, while the government's efforts to reduce the fiscal deficit were undermined by...
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-sized enterprise financing in emerging market economies. …
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Results-based financing is a well-established financing modality in the health and education sectors but it is still in … an early stage of deployment in the area of climate change. This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF … sector activity and financing. RBCF can thus play a critical role in mobilizing the resources and supporting the policies and …
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