Intervention by Mr Sergio Arzeni at the Plenary session on “Small Business: the Heart of the Global Economy”

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Financing small business: a key to economic recovery

Access to finance remains a key challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises and a stumbling block to recovery in most countries, according to a new OECD report.

Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2012: An OECD Scoreboard

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Financing small businesses and entrepreneurs - report launch at SME conference 19 April 2012

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A Joint OECD / G20 GPFI Special Event on SME Finance

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Intellectual Assets and Innovation: The SME Dimension

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This study investigated the challenges faced by high-growth enterprises and reviewed the programmes that policy makers in 24 countries have put in place to support the growth of enterprises.

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