SME Competitiveness Outlook 2019 : Big money for small business : financing the sustainable development goals
- GenevaCH International Trade Centre 2019June
- xxiv, 205 p.
To boost investment in developing country small firms, this report finds that stronger investment facilitators (actors which connect firms to investors) are key. Other major findings : bundling investments for small firms into large packages helps scale up financing; disseminating information on small business credit performance improves risk assessments; and helping these firms to be investor-ready improves their commercial viability.