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: section two describes the banking sector and markets in Serbia, reviews definition of SMEs and provides key characteristics of … lending to SMEs, describing their business models and their risk management. Section five provides a number of conclusions on …
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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate substantially exceeded China's population growth, which averaged 1.4 percent annually between 1978 and 2009, and real GDP per capita accordingly grew at 8.6 percent annually during this period. China's urban population resides primarily in city districts...
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Facilitating the growth of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) is central to creating jobs for an underutilized … and growing labor force in Turkey as SMEs account for 79 percent of jobs in Turkey. Creating jobs for Turkey's unemployed …. First, Turkish SMEs grow slower than both large enterprises in Turkey and SMEs in comparator countries. Second, not only are …
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the degree to which firms in this survey have been expanding or contracting employment and investment levels, followed by …
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(SMEs) were confronted with the task of developing business strategies to secure their niches in the new arena. However … sector to the Argentine economy, both from a growth/efficiency, and equity standpoint; yet on average, SMEs have failed to … characteristics of SMEs; 3) the high degree of institutional rigidity of the country's business environment; 4) the need to develop …
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This study is to provide the Government of Chile with a review of the portfolio of small and medium enterprise (SMEs … analysis also identifies areas where SMEs can more effectively leverage government programs to become more productive … governments intervention in favor of SMEs has been based; second chapter examines the characteristics of the SME sector, as well …
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Research suggests that teacher quality is the main school-based predictor of student achievement and that several consecutive years of outstanding teaching can offset the learning deficits of disadvantaged students. However, it is not yet clear exactly which teacher policies can raise teacher...
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products and services. Building on our knowledge of how commercial banks currently reach the women's market, this survey data …
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The Doing Business (DB) project measures the number of procedures, time and cost for a small and medium-size limited liability company to start up and formally operate. This DB 2014 report addresses issues such as minimum capital requirements, and the role of risk-based inspections in...
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created to support SMEs by helping countries unblock the factors that prevent their potential in the delivery of energy … focused on the following activities: 1) assessing the legal, institutional, and financial framework under which SMEs can … function in the energy sector; 2) supporting training, pilots, and tests of technology or financial schemes; 3) assisting SMEs …
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