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  Monitoring guidelines for semi-formal financial institutions active in small enterprise finance

  International Labour Organization, 1996

  Guide to the monitoring and evaluation of small enterprise finance activities.Three levels of analysis are distinguished: the level of the client, the institution and the community at large.
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  The 'invisible middle': a critical review of small business development and the political-institutional environment in Kenya

  Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, UK, 2002

  Research in the less developed countries has clearly shown that small enterprises both in the formal and informal sectors have failed to evolve into medium-sized firms, but why? The author argues that there is therefore a need for a better understanding of the adaptive strategies and transformation process of successful medium-sized enterprises in Africa.
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  Corporate social responsibility: implications for small and medium enterprises in developing countries

  United Nations [UN] Industrial Development Organization, 2002

  The document begins by outlining the concept and history of CSR, stating that it has grown out of consumer pressure, generally on Northern Transnational Companies (TNCs).
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  SMEs contribution to the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean region

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2001

  This paper focuses on the relationship between the industrial structure and market of the manufacturing sector of 12 Mediterranean Partners.
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  See how they grow: business development services for women’s business growth

  International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2001

  Report focuses on lessons learned by two organizations – one in Bangladesh and one in South Africa –that provide business development services (BDS) to women entrepreneurs.The first section of the report reviews the major findings from studies on BDS as they apply to women clientele and growth in their enterprises.
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  Women's entrepreneurship in Latin America: an exploration of current knowledge

  2001

  Despite the increasingly important role of women in promoting growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean there has been limited research into the role played by women entrepreneurs in the region, and few programmes to promote them.This report, focussing on small, women-owned businesses in the formal sector aims to introduce the discussion of gender gaps in entrepreneurship develo
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  Reconstruction from war in Africa: communities, entrepreneurs, and states

  World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), 2001

  This article looks at the move from conflict to reconstruction and then onto sustainable development, within an African context.It finds that:aid donors, NGOs, and international business can do much to help or hinder this processunless communities rebuild and strengthen their livelihoods, neither reconstruction nor growth will be poverty reducingcommunities cannot prosper unless
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  Determinants and policies to foster the competitiveness of SME clusters: evidence from Latin America

  Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2001

  This paper attempts to identify key determinants of competitiveness in SME clusters, with special reference to Latin America.
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  Beyond credit: a taxonomy of SMEs and financing methods for Arab countries

  Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2001

  Recent studies have indicated that SMEs play an important role in economic growth, export promotion, and employment creation.
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  Support services and the competitiveness of SMEs in the MENA region

  Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Egypt, 2001

  Despite the growing attention given to the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in MENA countries, their competitiveness is still limited. This paper discusses the relative importance of SMEs in five MENA countries; namely, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic, and tries to identify the main problems that hinder their growth and efficiency.

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