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3rd edition of the ITC-ILO Enterprise Development & Value Chain Course

15 Mar 2010

Where: Italy

http://marketdev.itcilo.org/index.php?id=1

entreprise development market development approaches Pro-poor growth rural/urban entreprises smes Value chain

Shared by ledna-team - 21/01/2010

Tax Administration Modernization Project, Russia

This World Bank project in Russia provides an example of how a tax administration can facilitate the growth of SMEs by eliminating administrative and other burdens faced by these enterprises.

Tax Administration and SMEs toolkit

The World Bank has made a toolkit which contains concrete examples of how a tax administration can facilitate the growth of SMEs by eliminating administrative and other burdens faced by these enterprises.

Private Agricultural Sector Support, Tanzania

This project component is part of Denmark’s support to Tanzania’s agricultural sector. Its aim is to increase growth of private commercial farming and agri-business, and the project can serve as an inspiration on how to include credit guarantees as part of an SME promotion strategy.

Pro-Poor Rural Development through Business and Skills Development, Armenia

This joint UN-DANIDA project in Armenia exemplifies how facilitation of trade among business association members and support to SME upstarts and expansion can be used in order to increase private sector employment in rural areas.

Philippines Private Sector Promotion Program

The Private Sector Promotion Program is a technical cooperation between the governments of Germany and the Philippines, focusing on business and investment climate for SME’s. Part of the program has been to streamline licensing and business permit processes with quite good results, as documented by the indicators.

Incubator Network Africa | infoDev.org

The growing Africa Incubator Network includes groups that have recently planned and opened inforDev supported incubators, existing and expanded incubation facilities, and a regional network support organization that is facilitating networking.

Accelerating the SME economic engine[procurement]

This report identifies ways in which public procurement in the UK can be made more friendly to SMEs. The government accepted all these recommendations- this can serve as a guide for all local and national procurement programmes

Unlocking the Potential of Zambian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

This paper examines the SMEs performance in Zambia and attempts to identify some practical lessons that Zambia can learn from Southeast Asia (Malaysia) in order to facilitate industrial development through unlocking the potential of its SMEs sector. Various strategies such as training, technological advancement through industrial linkages and cluster formation, are identified.

Small Business Incubators

This resource introduces small business incubators. It highlights some essential issues to consider prior to implementing an incubator project and further suggests complementary projects that can help maximise the potential of an incubator unit.