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The Big Business of Small Enterprises : Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small, and Medium-Size Enterprises, 2006-2012

The World Bank Group promotes small and medium-size enterprise (SME) growth through both systemic and targeted interventions. A critical challenge is to root the many activities now undertaken in this broad space in a clear understanding of the cha...

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Main Author:	Independent Evaluation Group
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2015
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO FINANCE ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAM ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADJUSTMENT COSTS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CAPITAL LABOR RATIO CAPITAL STOCK CASUAL WORKER CASUAL WORKERS COBB-DOUGLAS PRODUCTION FUNCTION CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE COOP CORPORATION DEFLATORS DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS DISCRIMINATION DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN DIVIDENDS EARNINGS EARNINGS REGRESSIONS ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC SURVEYS ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP EXCESS DEMAND EXCLUSION EXPENDITURES FARMER FINANCIAL SUPPORT FIRM GROWTH FIRM SIZE FUTURE RESEARCH GENDER GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HUMAN CAPITAL INCOME INNOVATION INPUT PRICE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL FINANCE JOB CREATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR INTENSITY LABOR MARKET MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES MICRO-ENTERPRISE MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT MOTIVATION OCCUPATION ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OUTPUTS OVERHEAD COST PERMANENT WORKERS PHYSICAL CAPITAL PRODUCTION FUNCTIONS PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH RECEIPT SELF EMPLOYED SELF-EMPLOYMENT SELF-EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE SKILLED PERSONNEL SMALL FIRMS SMALL-SCALE ENTERPRISES SME SME SUPPORT PROGRAMS SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS TOTAL COSTS TRANSITION ECONOMIES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT SPELL UNSKILLED LABOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAGES WORKER WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/23169324/big-business-small-enterprises-evaluation-world-bank-group-experience-targeted-support-small-medium-term-enterprises-2006-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21191

The Big Business of Small Enterprises : Evaluation of the World Bank Group Experience with Targeted Support to Small, and Medium-Size Enterprises, 2006-2012

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