The paper discusses the role the financial sector can play in supporting growth in Japan. While overall credit conditions have been accommodative, credit growth has remained weak, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Firm-level SME data and sectoral corporate balance sheets...

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN ZIMBABWE -- III. ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS OF EXPORT BEHAVIOR -- IV. COMPARATIVE MEASURES OF COMPETITIVENESS -- V. CONCLUSIONS -- Appendix I. Description of Sources and Transformation -- REFERENCES.