Approach Paper Evaluation of the World Bank Group’s Targeted Support for Small and Medium Enterprises January 7‚ 2013 Background and Context 1. The World Bank Group seeks to promote private sector led growth to generate employment‚ shared growth and poverty alleviation.1 International research indicates the important role SMEs Figure 1: SME Share of Total Employment‚ by Country Income Category play in growing economies.2 2. As income levels increase‚ SMEs tend to comprise a larger share of economy
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Survey (Questionnaire) A survey on the Strategic and Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and Growth of Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Underlying the importance and future of SMEs in India‚ their contribution to our economy and the efforts of SME owners/ top management in the growth of the firm‚ we are seeking information about the role of Strategic & Entrepreneurial orientation on the growth of SMEs. This questionnaire is designed to gather information about the interplay of strategy and entrepreneurship
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THE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES(SME) IN BANGLADESH: AN OVERVIEW OFTHE CURRENT STATUS Table of Contents: 1.0 The Case for the SMEs.................................................................................................................. 2 2.0 Place of SMEs in the National Economy of Bangladesh................................ 3 3.0 Growth and Structural Transformation of SME................................................... 4 4.0 Constraints to SME Growth....
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THEME Bank Finance to the SME Sector– Issues And Perspectives here are a number of issues in lending to the SME sector‚ which banks generally face. The key issues among them are outlined below: (a) Information Asymmetry: Accurate information about the borrower is a critical input for decision-making by banks in the lending process. Where information asymmetry (a situation where business own- T implication of raising interest rates and/or curtailing lending is that banks will not be able
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effectiveness of small and medium scale enterprises as an instrument of economic growth and development in Nigeria has long been under scrutiny. This intense scrutiny has been against the backdrop of the low performance and inefficiency that characterized small and medium scale enterprises particularly in assessing its role on economic growth and development. Despite government institutional and policies support to enhancing the capacity of small and medium scale enterprises‚ SMEs has fallen short
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PROJECT TOPIC : SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (A Case Study of Cassava Processing Industry) PROJECT PROPOSAL BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Interest in the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their contribution in the development process continue to be in the forefront of policy debates in developing countries. The advantages claimed for SMEs are various‚ including: the encouragement of entrepreneurship; the greater likelihood that SMEs will utilise labour
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Date: 11 Oct‚ 2010 Financing Small and Medium Enterprises Introduction: Cash is like the blood in human body for all companies. So‚ the problem of financing is one of the most important issues in company operations. Appropriate and healthy sources of capital is the primary issue for an enterprise‚ especially for the SMEs. As policy‚ the reasons for their ideas‚ and SMEs’ own flaw‚ so that the financing channels for SMEs is relatively narrow‚ a shortage of
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INTRODUCTION In Britain‚ Small and medium sized firms (SME’s) are the companies whose turnover is not more than £22.8 million and the average number of employees is 250 or fewer. Despite small and medium sized firms having a major role to play in the growth of economy and generation of employment in UK‚ they have to face higher barriers to external financing than large firms which eventually limit their growth and development (Ardic et al.‚ 2011). The difficulty in generating finance from external sources
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proposal. On FINANCING SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE. INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA PROJECT TOPIC : FINANCING STRATEGIES FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA PROJECT PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Interest in the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the development process continues to be in the forefront of policy debates in developing countries. The advantages claimed for SMEs are various‚ including: the encouragement of entrepreneurship; the greater likelihood that SMEs will utilise labour
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Conference on Innovation & Management Impact of Microfinance on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Nigeria Idowu Friday Christopher School of Management‚ Wuhan University of Technology‚ Wuhan‚ P.R.China‚ 430070 (E-mail: ifchristo@yahoo.com) Abstract The fundamental objective of this study is to assess the impact of Microfinance on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was employed in selecting the 100 SMEs that constituted the sample size of the research
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