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Evaluating the Potential of Container-Based Sanitation : x-runner in Lima, Peru
World Bank Group - 2019
This case study examines the container-based sanitation (CBS) service provided by x-runner in the low-income formal/informal settlements in peri-urban Lima. x-runner provides a safe sanitation chain in poor nonsewered neighborhoods in the hills of the outskirts of southwest Lima for a population...
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Czech Republic : Assessment of the SME Policy Mix
World Bank Group - 2019
Czech Republic. It presents an original analysis of all national-level SME-related policy instruments, totaling 93 … compares the SME policy mix to the country needs (see Annex 1 for framework and methodology). The analysis integrates three … resource allocation and firm productivity. 2) A policy mix analysis to determine if the Czech Republic's SME policy mix matches …
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Assessment of Long-term Finance Providers for Small and Medium Agribusinesses : Stocktaking, Lessons, and Case Studies
World Bank Group - 2021
high on the policy agenda in many developing countries. A surge in the demand for high value and processed food products … as follows: The introduction contains a brief discussion of the importance of LT agribusiness SME finance. The second … companies. It then concludes with a comparative analysis. The concluding section offers overall observations, policy …
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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
pollination, which can be achieved through policy reforms or the provision of public and private inputs …
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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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Partnership for Growth : Linking Large Firms and Agro-Processing SMEs
World Bank Group - 2018
literature review was conducted to identify results and outcomes of recently implemented lead firm - SME linkage programs. Second … locations were selected for in-depth analysis and inclusion in the report as case studies. The guidance note for policy makers … contextual insights, which they can consider when designing lead firm - SME linkage programs …
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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
Despite being the backbone of the Albanian economy, micro, small and medium sized enterprises(MSMEs) face difficulties in accessing finance which impedes their growth. MSMEs in Albania aresignificant contributors to the economy. In 2016, MSMEs comprised 99.9 percent of active enterprises and 81...
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Rapid Review of Water Knowledge for Pacific Small Islands Developing States
World Bank Group - 2018
The rapid review confirms that Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are socially, culturally, and environmentally diverse, with some features in common, and which collectively make them unique to other regions of the world: Small island countries have uniquely fragile water resources...
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