What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to credit by SMEs ? (English)

Using a unique firm level data set -- the Enterprise Surveys -- this paper develops a new measure of credit-constrained status for firms using hard data instead of perceptions data. The paper classifies firms into four ordinal categories: Not Credit Constrained, Maybe Credit Constrained, Partially Credit Constrained, and Fully Credit Constrained to understand the characteristics of the firms that fall into each group. Comparable data from the Enterprise...

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Kuntchev,Veselin;

Ramalho,Rita;

Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis;

Yang,Judy;
Document Date
2013/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6670
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2013/10/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to credit by SMEs ?
Keywords
financial and private sector development

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Kuntchev,Veselin; Ramalho,Rita; Rodriguez Meza,Jorge Luis; Yang,Judy.

What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to credit by SMEs ? (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6670 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/785801468148496192

What have we learned from the enterprise surveys regarding access to credit by SMEs ? (English)

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