SME Financial Inclusion for Sustained Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia /

This paper offers empirical evidence that greater financial inclusion of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can promote higher economic growth and employment, especially in the Middle East and Central Asia regions. First, we show that countries with higher SME financial inclusion exhibit more effec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghassibe, Mishel
Other Authors: Appendino, Maximiliano, Mahmoudi, Samir Elsadek
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/209
Online Access:Full text available on IMF