SMEs, Growth, and Poverty

By Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt, Ross Levine. 2004

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This Note explores the relationship between the size of the small and medium-size enterprise (SME) sector and economic growth and poverty reduction. A new study finds no support for the widely held belief that SMEs promote higher growth and lower pover ty. But it does provide some support for the view that the quality of the business environment facing all firms, large and small, influences economic growth.

Subfields: Information Systems, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Financing Firms in India (2006, unknown): “The predominant view, as illustrated in cross-country (e.g., Beck et al. (2005, 2008)) and within country studies (e.g., Ayyagari et al. (2009)), is that, first, despite limited supply of market and bank finance in developing countries due to underdeveloped legal and other institutions, is the…”
Small and Medium Enterprises Across the Globe (2007, methodology): “The same dataset is used by Beck et al. (2005a) to assess the relationship between SMEs, economic growth and poverty alleviation.”
RETURN MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN GHANA AND CÔTE D’IVOIRE: THE ROLE OF CAPITAL TRANSFERS (2009, background): “…and the small business sector in general, as a major area of potential growth for national economies, promoting jobs, innovation, and increased choice for consumers, even if some doubts have been raised about the impact of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on poverty reduction (Beck et al. 2005).”