Financial crisis, trade finance, and SMEs: Case of Central Asia

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This paper surveys studies of the importance of Central Asian small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the economy and their experience during the Russian financial crisis. It also uses survey data from the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to infer noteworthy characteristics, features, and dependencies on financing of Central Asian SMEs and, consequently, derive the potential impact of the crisis on the sector. The paper also assesses government support for SMEs and the necessary market reforms that will give a boost to the sector's development in the region.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: ADBI Working Paper ; No. 187

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy ; Financial Crises ; General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation ; Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation ; Corporate Finance and Governance: Government Policy and Regulation
• Subject: Finanzmarktkrise ; Russland ; Makroökonomischer Einfluss ; Wirtschaftliche Anpassung ; Klein- und Mittelunternehmen ; Zentralasien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Pasadilla, Gloria O.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)
• (where): Tokyo
• (when): 2010

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/53564
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET