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Finance for Growth : Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Financing

World Bank Group - 2019

This report provides an overview of the demand and supply side of MSME finance as well as certain aspects of the enabling environment. A detailed analysis of the financial sector infrastructure for MSME financing and the secured transactions framework was outside of the scope of this report but...

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Competition in the GCC SME Lending Markets : An Initial Assessment

World Bank Group - 2016

enterprise (SME) lending markets. The findings of this report have several policy implications. This report identifies a number … of areas where relevant regulations and institutional frameworks may impede competition in GCC SME lending markets, and … competition in the GCC's SME lending markets proceeds as follows: Chapter 2 presents the SME banking markets in the GCC by …

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Argentina : Assessment of Capital Market Mechanisms for Financing of SMEs

World Bank Group - 2017

of the document comprises the following sections: (a) characteristics of SME financing and the main obstacles they face …

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Saving Entrepreneurs, Saving Enterprises : Proposals on the Treatment of MSME Insolvency

World Bank Group - 2018

Micro and small enterprise (MSME) insolvency is particularly likely to impact not only the business, but also the personal and family life of the owner-operator(s) of such businesses, raising particular concerns that apply much less frequently in the context of corporate insolvency. This report...

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Ghana Access to Finance

World Bank Group - 2016

Ghana has low levels of financial inclusion of individuals and access to finance for firms remains a major challenge; some of the key issues include low ownership and usage of accounts, dominance of cash, limited access points, limited electronic and mobile transactions, and high collateral,...

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Finance in Transition : Unlocking Capital Markets for Vietnam's Future Development

World Bank Group - 2019

The Vietnamese economy has done well in 2019. In the context of increasing global uncertainty,Vietnam will most certainly be among the fastest growing economies in the world, with a GDP growth rate of approximately 6.8 percent. This rate is almost three times faster than the world average (2.6...

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Albania Credit Guarantee Scheme Assessment

World Bank Group - 2020

Micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Albania are significant contributors to the economy. In 2018, according to the Albanian Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), 99.8 percent of active enterprises were MSMEs, employing 79.8 percent of the workforce and realizing around 69 percent of...

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Bangladesh Development Update, April 2019 : Towards Regulatory Predictability

World Bank Group - 2019

Bangladesh has maintained its robust growth performance. Exports and remittances have been buoyant. Agriculture had bumper harvests. Overall inflation has slowed as decelerating food inflation offset a pickup in non-food inflation. Monetary expansion has been short of target as private sector...

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Global Commodity Markets : Review and Price Forecast

World Bank Group - 2010

This is a companion to the Global Economic Prospects 2010. Most commodity prices reached historical highs in mid-2008, giving rise to the longest and broadest commodity boom of the post-WWII period. Apart from strong and sustained economic growth, the boom was fueled by numerous factors...

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Enterprise Skills and Firm Performance in Zambia : Evidence from Structural Equation Modeling of a Skills Demand Model

World Bank Group - 2018

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