01689cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018849 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 20.00 USD 9781484383124 2616-5333 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Blancher, Nicolas. Financial Inclusion of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Middle East and Central Asia / Nicolas Blancher, Maximiliano Appendino, Aidyn Bibolov, Armand Fouejieu. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (73 pages) Departmental Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The importance of financial inclusion is increasingly recognized by policymakers around the world. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financial inclusion, in particular, is at the core of the economic diversification and growth challenges many countries are facing. In the Middle East and Central Asia (MENAP and CCA) regions, SMEs represent an important share of firms, but the regions lag most others in terms of SME access to financing. Mode of access: Internet Appendino, Maximiliano. Bibolov, Aidyn. Fouejieu, Armand. Departmental Papers; Departmental Paper ; No. 2019/002 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/087/2019/002/087.2019.issue-002-en.xml IMF e-Library