One of the central claims of the new generation of neoliberal economists that emerged in the 1960s, especially in the USA, was that market-driven private sector financial institutions were by far the most effective at intermediating capital into the most productive uses (Friedman, 1962; McKinnon,...

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the potential contribution of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and derive implications for policy makers based on the insights. Our findings indicate that despite their comparatively smaller size,...