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Investment climate and employment growth: the impact of access to finance, corruption and regulations across firms

Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - 2007

Using firm level data on 70,000 enterprises in 107 countries, this paper finds important effects of access to finance … systematically by firm types. Micro and small firms have less access to formal finance, pay more in bribes than do larger firms, and … downward the size distribution of firms. In the case of finance and business regulations this occurs by reducing the employment …

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Linkages, access to finance and the performance of small-scale enterprises in Kenya

Atieno, Rosemary - 2009

Micro- and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) have become important players in the Kenyan economy, but at the same time they continue to face constraints that limit their development. Lack of access to financial services is one of the main constraints, and a number of factors have been identified to...