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Czech Republic : Assessment of the SME Policy Mix
World Bank Group - 2019
This report provides an assessment of the policies devoted to supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the …
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Capital Markets and SMEs in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies : Can They Go the Distance?
World Bank Group - 2020
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) face significant financing gaps that stifle innovation and economic growth. The …. Bank financing has been the traditional source of external financing to SMEs; however, since the global financial crisis …
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The Missing Element of Firm Digitalization - Lessons for the EU Member States : Best Practices for Enhancing MSMEs Digitalization and Managerial Capacity Building
World Bank Group - 2023
As increasing the pace of productivity growth continues to be a strong challenge in Europe despite the continuous global technology developments, promoting the adoption and usage of digital technology has become more important than ever, particularly among micro, small, and medium enterprises...
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Assessment of Long-term Finance Providers for Small and Medium Agribusinesses : Stocktaking, Lessons, and Case Studies
World Bank Group - 2021
Agricultural transformation that involves the production of high-value food products and post-harvest processing is high on the policy agenda in many developing countries. A surge in the demand for high value and processed food products observed in Asia and Latin America is also happening in...
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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
This report provides a baseline analysis of the status of access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with a particular focus on women entrepreneur' ability and constraints in accessing finance in order to develop and grow their businesses. It is based on a...
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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 …, the literature review helped identify examples of initiatives focused on linking lead firms and agro-processing SMEs in 56 …
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Vietnam Enhancing Enterprise Competitiveness and SME Linkages : Lessons from International and National Experience
World Bank Group - 2017
Boosting productivity growth, especially that of the domestic private sector, is a key priority of Vietnam. The country has been successful in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) and entering global value chains (GVCs). Most local firms, however, are small and only serve the domestic...
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Albania MSME Finance for Growth Assessment
World Bank Group - 2018
in other comparableeconomies. The number of MSMEs having used bank financing is low compared to the EuropeanUnion (EU …
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