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The Guide intends to facilitate entrepreneurs’ research for funding. It maps all the financing tools available for start-up in their pre-seed, seed and early development stages. The guide also features the instruments available to support the transformation of research...Read More

Fiscal Year 2013 marked the third consecutive year of record issuance by MIGA, with 82 percent of this new issuance falling into at least once of MIGA's strategic priority areas. At the end of the year, MIGA's gross exposure was $10.8 billion, continuing a six-year...Read More

Due to their increasing importance to production growth and vital relation with various productive sectors in society, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have become one of the key instruments to face economic and social problems and achieve development objectives in...Read More

Presentation on SME growth and innovation, International experience and best practice (loan guarantee schemes and equity guarantee schemes), and  Policy guidelines (loan guarantee schemes, equity guarantee schemes, and guarantee schemes as part of the innovation system...Read More

This report, the first regional HDR for the Arab States, is the result, covering  a total of 22 countries from the Maghreb to the Gulf. The report has some encouraging findings. Overall, it shows that Arab states have made substantial progress in human development over...Read More

This paper has provided an extensive review of the methods used to evaluate elements of SME policy. It draws upon experience primarily from OECD member countries but, where appropriate, has also made reference to non-member economies. The key conclusions are presented...Read More

Global wealth has almost doubled since 1990, but nearly half the world’s population subsists on less than US$ 2 per day. Poverty remains a major challenge to sustainable development, environmental security, global stability and a truly global market. The key to poverty...Read More

This report presents an assessment of the quality and the level of implementation of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) policyintheWesternBalkans, comparing results with a previous assessment conducted in 2006 and published in 2007. The report covers Albania,...Read More

Presentation at the "SME Advisor Stars of Business Summit" held on the 5th of December 2012 in Abu Dhabi. The presentation focused on the important role SMEs play in region-wide economic development. Read More

This paper discusses policy considerations on access to finance by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the Arab region. It shows that although uneven, financial penetration in the Arab region remains low and SMEs in the region have more difficulties to access finance...Read More