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The sector of small and medium-sized enterprises (hereinafter SMEs) represent an increasingly important segment of Montenegrin economy and have been key drivers of its economic growth and employment for the past several years. With foreign direct investment, this sector could be an important...
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"This paper studies the factors banks perceive as drivers and obstacles to financing small and medium enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the role of competition and the institutional framework. Using a survey of banks in Argentina and Chile, the paper shows that, despite alleged differences in the...
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majority of firms in the dataset are privately owned, young, micro or small and medium enterprise (SME) firms concentrated in …
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"The authors examine the legal and business environments, financing channels, and governance mechanisms of various types of firms in India and compare them to those from other countries. Despite its English commonlaw origin, strong legal protection provided by the law, and a democratic...
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on SME credit availability. Financial structures include the presence of different financial institution types and the …
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. One of the lessons of the last few years is that banks will expand SME lending on their own accord - in spite of the …
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This report was prepared in close collaboration with the Bank of Albania. This report focused on trade, services, and agriculture; however, the limited scope of their operations still leaves a potentially large unmet demand for credit in agriculture. This report focuses on problems related to the...
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access to finance remains a key constraint to SME. In the light of the new understanding of the SME finance challenges that … order to achieve a global scale-up of SME access to financial services in the developing world. The G-20 FIEG SME Finance … Sub-Group executed a global SME Finance stocktaking exercise with various SME finance models to establish best practices …
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The Tunisian government has long been aware of the need to support companies in their search for financing. Over the last decade, the government has strengthened legal and regulatory frameworks in this area, created public financing systems, facilitated the development of financial markets and...
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