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Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets : An Initial Assessment

World Bank Group - 2016

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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Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice : Delivering Climate Finance for Low-Carbon Development

World Bank Group - 2017

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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Innovation in Electronic Payment Adoption : The Case of Small Retailers

World Bank Group - 2016

This report aims to deepen the understanding of barriers to and incentives for the acceptance and use of electronic payments, from the perspective of micro, small and medium retailers (merchants). Developing and accelerating acceptance of electronic payments by these merchants is essential to...

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Partnership for Growth : Linking Large Firms and Agro-Processing SMEs

World Bank Group - 2018

Partnership for growth: linking large firms and agro-processing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) presents lessons learned from various models utilized by public and private sector programs to stimulate the growth of agro-processing SMEs through linkages to larger firms in developing...

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SME Upgrading Programs : Exploring Initiatives that Combine Market Linkages and Capability Strengthening

World Bank Group - 2019

A key focus of most countries is to stimulate growth in their small and medium enterprises (SME) population. There are various influences on SME competitiveness. Governments, development partners, non-profit entities, and private sector associations and firms intervene to aim to increase SME...

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Vietnam : Enhancing Enterprise Competitiveness and SME Linkages

World Bank Group - 2017

The objective of this report is to inform the Government of Vietnam's on-going efforts to enhance the competitiveness of the domestic private sector and to facilitate foreign direct investment (FDI) spillovers and linkages. This report is anchored in the government's supporting industries (SI)...

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Report on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency

World Bank Group - 2017

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are among the largest commercial users of insolvency systems. MSMEs are a significant part of the global economy - and just as there are large numbers of MSMEs, there are large numbers of MSME insolvencies. However, there are a very few specialized...

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