Departmental Papers

Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Middle East and Central Asia

By Nicolas R Blancher, Maximiliano Appendino, Aidyn Bibolov, Armand P Fouejieu, Jiawei Li, Anta Ndoye, Alexandra Panagiotakopoulou, Wei Shi, Tetyana Sydorenko

February 12, 2019

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Nicolas R Blancher, Maximiliano Appendino, Aidyn Bibolov, Armand P Fouejieu, Jiawei Li, Anta Ndoye, Alexandra Panagiotakopoulou, Wei Shi, and Tetyana Sydorenko. Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Middle East and Central Asia, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2019) accessed September 18, 2024

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Summary

The importance of financial inclusion is increasingly recognized by policymakers around the world. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financial inclusion, in particular, is at the core of the economic diversification and growth challenges many countries are facing. In the Middle East and Central Asia (MENAP and CCA) regions, SMEs represent an important share of firms, but the regions lag most others in terms of SME access to financing.

Subject: Capital markets, Credit, Economic sectors, Financial inclusion, Financial markets, Financial services, Money, Small and medium enterprises

Keywords: Bank credit, Banking product, Capital market, Capital markets, Central Asia and the Caucasus, Credit, Credit guarantee, DP, DPPP, Financial inclusion, Fintech company, Global, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, North Africa, Small and medium enterprises, SME access, SME credit, SME equity issuance, SME financing, SME financing needs, SME lending, SME productivity

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    73

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Departmental Paper No. 2019/002

  • Stock No:

    FISFMECAEA

  • ISBN:

    9781484383124

  • ISSN:

    2616-5333