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Enterprises (SMEs). This document reviews how structured financial products can provide an alternative channel for SMEs to access … study concludes that: (i) one way to effectively address Peruvian SMEs credit constraints, particularly with respect to …
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Small-and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) represent an important part of the Colombian economy, although they are not … characteristics, evolution, or overall contribution to the economy - in most cases, SMEs tend to be bundled together with micro …. One of the lessons of the last few years is that banks will expand SME lending on their own accord - in spite of the …
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This report was prepared in close collaboration with the Bank of Albania. This report focused on trade, services, and agriculture; however, the limited scope of their operations still leaves a potentially large unmet demand for credit in agriculture. This report focuses on problems related to the...
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Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a major role in economic development, particularly in emerging countries, but … access to finance remains a key constraint to SME. In the light of the new understanding of the SME finance challenges that … order to achieve a global scale-up of SME access to financial services in the developing world. The G-20 FIEG SME Finance …
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SMEs. SMEs play a vital role in Tunisia because at least 97.8 percent of Tunisian firms (across all sectors) fall into this … category. The main consequence of the prevalence of SMEs in Tunisia s economic landscape is that all economic development … strategies are de facto based on the performance of this category of companies. SMEs ability to obtain financing for their …
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Research suggests that teacher quality is the main school-based predictor of student achievement and that several consecutive years of outstanding teaching can offset the learning deficits of disadvantaged students. However, it is not yet clear exactly which teacher policies can raise teacher...
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is at one of the most critical turning points in its modern history. The Arab spring was driven by the desire for economic opportunity and justice in the face of poverty and unemployment. The development of strong economies that enable both women...
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majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in … SMEs seem to be very active in creating jobs in recent years. This suggests that a new type of firm is emerging that is …
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"The authors examine the legal and business environments, financing channels, and governance mechanisms of various types of firms in India and compare them to those from other countries. Despite its English commonlaw origin, strong legal protection provided by the law, and a democratic...
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enterprises (SMEs). In this framework, lending technologies are the key conduit through which government policies and national … on SME credit availability. Financial structures include the presence of different financial institution types and the … a homogeneous group, unsuitable for serving informationally opaque SMEs, and a frequent misleading conclusion is that …
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