SME Upgrading Programs : Exploring Initiatives that Combine Market Linkages and Capability Strengthening
A key focus of most countries is to stimulate growth in their small and medium enterprises (SME) population. There are various influences on SME competitiveness. Governments, development partners, non-profit entities, and private sector association...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/809451594286124279/SME-Upgrading-Programs-Exploring-Initiatives-that-Combine-Market-Linkages-and-Capability-Strengthening http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34224 |
| Summary: | A key focus of most countries is to
stimulate growth in their small and medium enterprises (SME)
population. There are various influences on SME
competitiveness. Governments, development partners,
non-profit entities, and private sector associations and
firms intervene to aim to increase SME competitiveness by
addressing market, coordination, and government failures
that impact on these four areas. This paper examines
interventions that seek to address firm-level capabilities
and access to markets in some type of integrated fashion. A
substantial body of SME interventions aim to address both
capabilities and markets. The aim of this paper is to
provide practical information to World Bank Group (WBG) task
team leaders and other development practitioners on the
design and implementation of SME support initiatives that
incorporate an SME upgrading and market development element.
It is structured as follows: section II describes the
approach taken to identify relevant interventions; section
III presents findings on types of interventions; section IV
presents detailed case studies on four interventions;
section V presents findings from the case studies and
emerging practices within WBG, and section VI concludes with
lessons learned and recommendations for WBG teams. A long
list of programs is presented in Annex 1, and a literature
review is presented in Annex 2. |
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