This report analyses the potential of the marketplace lending (MPL) model of online credit intermediation to finance … to banks and its benefits to borrowers, investors/funders and the market for SME financing. It also covers the risks this …

and obstacles to SME uptake, and suggests some key areas of policy action to overcome challenges to market development. …

The COVID-19 crisis has had a profound impact on SME access to finance. In particular, the sudden drop in revenues … demand for bank lending in the first half of 2020, and a steady supply of credit thanks to government interventions. On the … SMEs and Entrepreneurs, focuses on the impacts of COVID-19 on SME access to finance, along with government policy responses …

could effectively become scalers, and what policies could effectively promote SME growth. This report is part of a series … explores two thematic areas that are relevant for SME scaling up, i.e. SME data governance and their access to ‘scale up … shows that SME and entrepreneurship policy is not among the core mandates of many implementing institutions, calling for …

-Level Principles on SME Financing which identifies effective approaches adopted by countries to implement the G20/OECD High …-Level Principles on SME Financing, welcomed by the G20 Leaders at their Antalya Summit in 2015. It draws on participating countries …