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Financial inclusion is receiving increasing attention for its potential to contribute to economic and financial development while fostering more inclusive growth and greater income equality. Although substantial progress has been made, there is still much to achieve. East Asia, the Pacific, and...
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Finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has been a concern for all stakeholders including entrepreneurs, financial institutions, and government organizations. The key objective of the study was to identify various challenges faced by MSMEs in sourcing of finance during...
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-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Asia. Owing to their significance to national economies, it is important to find ways to provide SMEs with … minimizing the bank's nonperforming loans to SMEs, and at the same time fulfill the government policies for supporting SMEs. Our … moral hazard and ensure the stability of lending to SMEs. …
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The paper discusses state, regulative framework, and recent developments in leveraging access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the Kyrgyz Republic through global value chain (GVC) examples in the Kyrgyz Republic. Access to finance in the Kyrgyz Republic is...
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This study gives an overview of recent innovations in the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in … Asia. While SMEs are an important contributor to employment and gross domestic product in Asia, they often face significant …
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, covering 111 countries and 38,966 firms for the 2009‒2018 period with a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our … technological capability are important for a firm, and technological capability is particularly important for SMEs to enable them to …. These attributes are particularly important for SMEs. Several policy recommendations and a future research agenda are …
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period 2004-2014. Our results show that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have a lower degree of engagement in both … backward and forward GVC participation when compared with larger firms (non-SMEs). This study also finds that GVC participation … SME is associated with a lower degree of GVC participation, but GVC participation can help firms (both SMEs and large …
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Participation in the global value chain could lead to different impacts on small and medium firms' performances. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the participation of the Vietnamese economy in the global value chain and small and medium firms' innovation in Viet Nam over the...
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This paper examines the effects of human capital on SMEs' participation in global value chains using Indonesian firm … Manufacturing Survey in 1996 and 2006. The results indicate that SMEs' size, ownership structure, and financing capability drive … their participation in global value chains. The results also suggest that SMEs with linkages to global value chain …
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The current study examines the impact of GVCs on the performance of SMEs in Uva and central provinces of Sri Lanka … success factors in relation to linking SMEs with GVCs are also identified. A total of 329 SMEs in both provinces were surveyed … analysis found that SMEs that are linked with GVCs have a higher level of profit than those that are not. Apart from the direct …
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