|
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are often referred to as the “missing middle” in the developing world, but few understand fully how SMEs actually affect economic development. The data results, analysis and case highlights presented in SEAF’s reports (available for download to the right) demonstrate how SMEs generate quality, sustainable employment opportunities in their local communities, serve as valuable links to regional and international markets for smaller local suppliers, address market deficiencies and customer needs that would otherwise go unaddressed, and achieve other meaningful impacts as well. When the development returns are included with the purely commercial returns, the economic profit can be profoundly significant for the developing world.
Mango processor/exporter linking local farmers with international markets.
Expanding textile company generating employment for the poor in India.
|
From Poverty to Prosperity: Understanding the Impact of Investing in Small and Medium Enterprises
Data Survey and Case Study Analysis of
SEAF Investments
Published: October 2007
The Development Impact of Small and Medium Enterprises:
Lessons Learned from SEAF Investments
Volume I - Main Report
Published: July 2004
Volume II - Case Studies
Published: July 2004
| 
