Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World

Increasing access to finance for Very Small, Small and Medium Enterprises (VSEs/SMEs) has become an important goal for many governments and development agencies as VSEs/SMEs are viewed as main drivers of economic growth and creators of employment....

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Main Authors:	Khaled, Mohammed, Beshay, Karen
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SME VSE small and medium-sized enterprises microfinance very small enterprise
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/520371477557345061/Serving-the-Very-Small-Enterprise-VSE-segment-by-microfinance-institutions-in-the-Arab-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25386

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spelling	okr-10986-253862021-05-25T09:53:06Z Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World Khaled, Mohammed Beshay, Karen SME VSE small and medium-sized enterprises microfinance very small enterprise Increasing access to finance for Very Small, Small and Medium Enterprises (VSEs/SMEs) has become an important goal for many governments and development agencies as VSEs/SMEs are viewed as main drivers of economic growth and creators of employment. However, a missing middle between the ceiling of MFI lending and the segment defined by banks as SMEs is currently underserved and in some markets even unserved, despite the fact that it presents a significant growth opportunity for MFIs looking to upscale and/or to grow with their best clients. The report presents the findings of Sanabel’s and IFC’s VSE Survey which aimed to identify what has been done to date to serve the VSE segment, and how successful MFIs as well as other players in the region have been in catering to this segment and upscaling lending activities. This report represents the second report in a series of leadership papers, Voices, developed by Sanabel, the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). 2016-11-18T19:47:53Z 2016-11-18T19:47:53Z 2016-08-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/520371477557345061/Serving-the-Very-Small-Enterprise-VSE-segment-by-microfinance-institutions-in-the-Arab-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25386 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Middle East North Africa
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spellingShingle	SME VSE small and medium-sized enterprises microfinance very small enterprise Khaled, Mohammed Beshay, Karen Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
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description	Increasing access to finance for Very Small, Small and Medium Enterprises (VSEs/SMEs) has become an important goal for many governments and development agencies as VSEs/SMEs are viewed as main drivers of economic growth and creators of employment. However, a missing middle between the ceiling of MFI lending and the segment defined by banks as SMEs is currently underserved and in some markets even unserved, despite the fact that it presents a significant growth opportunity for MFIs looking to upscale and/or to grow with their best clients. The report presents the findings of Sanabel’s and IFC’s VSE Survey which aimed to identify what has been done to date to serve the VSE segment, and how successful MFIs as well as other players in the region have been in catering to this segment and upscaling lending activities. This report represents the second report in a series of leadership papers, Voices, developed by Sanabel, the Microfinance Network of Arab Countries, and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
format	Working Paper
author	Khaled, Mohammed Beshay, Karen
author_facet	Khaled, Mohammed Beshay, Karen
author_sort	Khaled, Mohammed
title	Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
title_short	Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
title_full	Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
title_fullStr	Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
title_full_unstemmed	Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World
title_sort	serving the very small enterprise segment by microfinance institutions in the arab world
publisher	International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/520371477557345061/Serving-the-Very-Small-Enterprise-VSE-segment-by-microfinance-institutions-in-the-Arab-World http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25386
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Serving the Very Small Enterprise Segment by Microfinance Institutions in the Arab World

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