Publications

This guide offers small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) insights on negotiation and collaboration with lead firms in international value chains. It addresses topics such as compliance with standards and regulations, contractual relationships, production and performance management, types of...

Policymakers now have an SME-friendly toolkit to guide national reforms when implementing the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement. Addressing reforms from the perspective of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will spread benefits across the whole business community.

Being a women-owned company negatively affects the credibility of their business, say Indonesian women entrepreneurs in the services sector.

The SME Competitiveness Outlook argues that small and medium-sized firms are the ‘missing link’ to inclusive growth.

Standards and regulations have a major impact on SME competitiveness.

This year’s report focuses on regional trade, the most common form of trade for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Businesses can extend their reach in regional and global markets by understanding how to make the most of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

Private investment from China into Africa is significant but its potential for increasing local productivity largely underestimated. The main challenge for investors is finding information on the availability and quality of local suppliers.

This publication is an excerpt from the book COVID-19: The Great Lockdown and its Impact on Small Business

The SME Competitiveness Outlook argues that small and medium-sized firms are the ‘missing link’ to inclusive growth.

La digitalización y el auge de la economía de las plataformas están cambiando rápidamente la forma en que las empresas hacen negocios. Para gestionar bien este cambio, se necesita un ecosistema empresarial sólido. El informe Perspectivas de competitividad de las pymes de este año explica cómo...

The SME Competitiveness Outlook argues that small and medium-sized firms are the ‘missing link’ to inclusive growth.