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Why Don’t Small and Medium Businesses Grow?: Innovations for Poverty Action Working Group tackles the question from several angles
SMEs are thought to be the backbone of many economies, leading governments and aid agencies to spend billions of dollars on SME assistance each year. However, little evidence exists on the actual barriers to growth and the most effective solutions to alleviate these constraints. IPA’s SME Initiative is working to address this knowledge gap, and they describe the findings of several studies in this post.
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NexThought Monday – Between the CEO and the BoP: Root Capital report focuses on the often overlooked role of women as “middle managers”
Root Capital CEO Willy Foote says the impact investment firm realized that most approaches to women’s economic empowerment have focused on the opposite ends of the economic spectrum: business leaders and entrepreneurs on one side, and women workers at the BoP on the other. But what about women who are not CEOs or entrepreneurs but who hold positions critical to the success of the enterprise?
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