existing evaluations have mostly been done in high-income countries such as the United States and Europe. Mexico spends a large … achieving their objectives is unclear. In Mexico, impact evaluations of small and medium enterprise programs are rare, and most … are qualitative in nature. This is the first paper evaluating these programs in Mexico using firm-level panel data. The …

Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Mexico make up most of the firms in the formal economy, they are … hampered by a lack of financing and skilled workers. This book assesses the comprehensive SME policies introduced by the …