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

World Bank Group - 2019

This paper examines interventions that seek to address firm-level capabilities and access to markets in an integrated fashion. Examples of such interventions include supplier development programs (linking domestic SMEs in developing countries with large buyers, such as foreign investors that are...

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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 competitiveness by addressing market, coordination, and government failures …

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ID Enrollment Strategies : Practical Lessons From Around The Globe

World Bank Group - 2019

Providing universal coverage and barrier-free access to ID systems is one of the three pillars of the Principles on Identification for Sustainable Development and is vital to achieving Target 16.9 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), to "provide legal identity for all" by 2030....

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Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments to Accelerate Azerbaijan's Growth

World Bank Group - 2020

Human capital is the knowledge, skills, and health that people accumulate over their lives and that enable them to realize their potential as productive members of society is an important contributor to the wealth of all nations regardless of income status. While Azerbaijan has achieved...

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Survive, Learn, Thrive : Strategic Human Capital Investments to Unlock Georgia's Potential

World Bank Group - 2020

Human capital is the stock of accumulated knowledge, experience, and attributes that workers bring to and use in the production of goods and services in an economy. Investing in people through quality healthcare, education, social services, and job opportunities develops human capital, which is...

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Kazakhstan Jobs Strategy

World Bank Group - 2016

Kazakhstan is a unique country in a unique part of the world. Its uniqueness is important, as it shapes the opportunities and economic realities faced by the country, as well as the political responses to those challenges. Since independence in 1992, Kazakhstan has made rapid progress in...

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Assessment of Long-term Finance Providers for Small and Medium Agribusinesses : Stocktaking, Lessons, and Case Studies

World Bank Group - 2021

as follows: The introduction contains a brief discussion of the importance of LT agribusiness SME finance. The second …

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Chad SME Competitiveness and Global Value Chain Upgrading Diagnostics with Focus on Opportunities in the Domestic and Regional Markets

World Bank Group - 2021

This study aims to explore ways in which key competencies of the oil and gas industry could be leveraged to support the diversification of the Chadian economy. The analysis focused on identifying opportunities and prioritizing core competencies in specific segments of the oil and gas value chain...

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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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Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a Focus on Gender : A Survey Report

World Bank Group - 2018

Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) Update, as well as on lessons learned from the BiH Enhancing SME Access to Finance …

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