What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the economic backbone of virtually every economy in the world. SMEs represent more than 95 percent of registered firms worldwide, account for more than 50 percent of jobs, and contribute more than 35 percent...

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Main Authors:	Alibhai, Salman, Bell, Simon, Conner, Gillette
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	SMEs FINANCE MICROFINANCE FINANCING SMEs WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS COLD WAVE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707491490878394680/Whats-happening-in-the-missing-middle-Lessons-from-financing-SMEs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26324

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spelling	okr-10986-263242021-05-25T10:54:44Z What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs Alibhai, Salman Bell, Simon Conner, Gillette Alibhai, Salman Bell, Simon Conner, Gillette SMEs FINANCE MICROFINANCE FINANCING SMEs WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS COLD WAVE Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the economic backbone of virtually every economy in the world. SMEs represent more than 95 percent of registered firms worldwide, account for more than 50 percent of jobs, and contribute more than 35 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in many emerging markets. Yet despite their vital role in almost every economy in the world, these enterprises remain significantly underserved by financial institutions. In an effort to bridge this financing gap, the World Bank Group works across a number of its Global Practices – and in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Cross-Cutting Advisory Services – to provide support to SMEs Bringing together the diverse expertise and perspectives of staff working across the institution, this compendium of lessons illuminates the World Bank Group`s experience with SMEs, exploring its policies and frameworks to support SMEs, analyzing innovations in the SME finance realm, and describing some country specific examples. These lessons will provide SME practitioners with practical guidance for their work with the SME sector, and will also inform and educate policymakers about interventions and approaches that they can consider. 2017-03-30T21:46:49Z 2017-03-30T21:46:49Z 2017-03-29 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707491490878394680/Whats-happening-in-the-missing-middle-Lessons-from-financing-SMEs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26324 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa East Asia and Pacific Middle East and North Africa South Asia China Ethiopia India Kenya Tunisia
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description	Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the economic backbone of virtually every economy in the world. SMEs represent more than 95 percent of registered firms worldwide, account for more than 50 percent of jobs, and contribute more than 35 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in many emerging markets. Yet despite their vital role in almost every economy in the world, these enterprises remain significantly underserved by financial institutions. In an effort to bridge this financing gap, the World Bank Group works across a number of its Global Practices – and in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation’s Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Cross-Cutting Advisory Services – to provide support to SMEs Bringing together the diverse expertise and perspectives of staff working across the institution, this compendium of lessons illuminates the World Bank Group`s experience with SMEs, exploring its policies and frameworks to support SMEs, analyzing innovations in the SME finance realm, and describing some country specific examples. These lessons will provide SME practitioners with practical guidance for their work with the SME sector, and will also inform and educate policymakers about interventions and approaches that they can consider.
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author_facet	Alibhai, Salman Alibhai, Salman Bell, Simon Conner, Gillette
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author	Alibhai, Salman Bell, Simon Conner, Gillette
author_sort	Alibhai, Salman
title	What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs
title_short	What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs
title_full	What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs
title_fullStr	What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs
title_full_unstemmed	What's Happening in the Missing Middle? : Lessons from Financing SMEs
title_sort	what's happening in the missing middle? : lessons from financing smes
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/707491490878394680/Whats-happening-in-the-missing-middle-Lessons-from-financing-SMEs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26324
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