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

Author: Mr. Nicolas R Blancher, Maximiliano Appendino, Aidyn Bibolov, Mr. Armand P Fouejieu, Mr. Jiawei Li, Anta Ndoye, Alexandra Panagiotakopoulou, Wei Shi, and Tetyana Sydorenko

In the Middle East and Central Asia regions, SMEs represent an important share of firms, but the regions lag most others in terms of SME access to financing.

Volume/Issue: Volume 2019 Issue 002

Publication date: February 2019

ISBN: 9781484383124

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Finance , Money and Monetary Policy , DPPP , DP , SME financing , capital market , SME access , bank credit , Fintech company , SME lending , SME credit , banking product , credit guarantee , SME financing needs , SME equity issuance , SME productivity , Small and medium enterprises , Financial inclusion , Credit , Capital markets , Middle East and Central Asia , Global , Middle East , North Africa , Central Asia and the Caucasus

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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.