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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including … challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during different stages of their life cycle. This study is a first … limitation in the identification and utilization of sources of finance. Data was collected through personal interviews using a …
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In Thailand, the government has long recognized the importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the economy and has given a large amount of financial support to this sector. Still, SMEs are not able to catch up with larger enterprises and the constraints to SME financing remain...
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economies in terms of their access to finance resulting from demand-side, supply-side and institutional constraints. This … access finance, and the reasons for the lack of such access. It also assesses opportunities of SMEs to link with both … domestic and global value chains and the potential impact of this on their access to finance. Finally, it proposes policy …
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Many microenterprises in developing countries have high returns to capital, but also face risky revenue streams. In principle, equity offers several advantages over debt when financing investments of this nature, but the use of equity in practice has been largely limited to investments in much...
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The paper discusses state, regulative framework, and recent developments in leveraging access to finance for micro … Republic. Access to finance in the Kyrgyz Republic is growing and demonstrates improvement of financial inclusion of companies … value chains in agriculture, industry and service sector demonstrate the gaps in the access to finance of the MSME entities …
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Ceilings on lending rates remain a widely used policy tool that is intended to lower the overall cost of credit or protect consumers from exorbitant rates. Interest rate caps come in many forms and scopes and, according to their rationale, ceilings can affect a small segment or the overall...
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This paper describes the common financing challenges faced by micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in India and some important measures taken to address them, with a focus on the credit rating scheme implemented in 2000. It examines the usefulness as well as the limitations of the...
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"Although there has been considerable recent interest in micro-credit programs, rigorous evidence on the impacts of forming self-help groups to mobilize savings and foster social empowerment at the local level is virtually non-existent, despite a large number of programs following this pattern....
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