Typology of Small and Medium Enterprise Needs and Interventions

Due to their size and lack of scale, SMEs face many challenges to their growth, and governments on occasion choose to intervene to directly support firms. These interventions can be grouped into four broad areas - capabilities, markets, finance, an...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/704511591858739077/Typology-of-Small-and-Medium-Enterprise-Needs-and-Interventions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33908
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Summary:Due to their size and lack of scale, SMEs face many challenges to their growth, and governments on occasion choose to intervene to directly support firms. These interventions can be grouped into four broad areas - capabilities, markets, finance, and environment. This paper describes each type of intervention and the relevant needs and types of firms for each intervention.