IMPROVING ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR SMES

May 1, 2018

This report is prepared by current and former members of the Doing Business Unit, Global Indicators Group under the supervision of Rita Ramalho (Senior Manager, Global Indicators Group, Development Economics) and Santiago Croci (Program Manager, Doing Business). The Task Team is led by Nan Jiang (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, Doing Business) and Olena Koltko (Financial Sector Specialist, Finance Inclusion, Access and Infrastructure).

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