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Advancing Inclusive Growth in the APEC Region: Challenges and Policy Solutions for MSMEs
This capstone policy paper highlights the key policy findings and recommendations from throughout the Partnership’s implementation cycle in response to six key thematic areas featured in the project’s capstone conference.
2020 Survey of Entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Peru: Building the Capacity of MSMEs Through Social Entrepreneurship
A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Peru to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities and…
Fuelling High-Tech Startups: Building the Capacity of MSMEs through Technology and Innovation
A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Peru to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities and…
The Existing Landscape of Social Entrepreneurship in Peru
This study examines the existing landscape of social entrepreneurship in Peru. We describe the on-the-ground situation of the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country, the resources available,…
Considerations for APEC Mining Economies: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) and Social Entrepreneurship in the Context of Peru
This paper investigates how public policies regarding MSMEs in Peru enable a favourable environment for businesses in mining regions. Furthermore, it considers how MSME policies in Peru support social…
Financing for Social Entrepreneurship in Peru
A scan of the literature on social entrepreneurship in Peru presents a paradox: higher-than-average levels of entrepreneurship and yet a comparatively underdeveloped social entrepreneurship and impact…
Entrepreneurial Drivers of AgTech in the Philippines
Modern agriculture has evolved from farmers operating simple mechanized tractors to using high-tech drone imagery of fields or digital farm information systems navigated by a mobile app. Drones and…
Human Capital for Micro, Small, and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMES) in APEC Developing Economies: Indonesia
This report investigates how institutional environments influence the usefulness of individuals’ human capital for entrepreneurial activity, that is, new business creation. Based on the logic of…
The Role of Gender In Micro and Small Enterprise Business Development In Indonesia: A Firm-Level Analysis
In this study, we examine the role that gender plays in Indonesian micro and small enterprise (MSE) dynamics. The MSE business scene in Indonesia is characterized by a high degree of informality, often…
Micro and Small Businesses in Indonesia’s Digital Economy
The digital economy has afforded Indonesia’s MSMEs unprecedented opportunities for inclusive growth within local, regional, and even global value chains. E-commerce, social media, the sharing economy,…
The Challenges to SME Market Access in the Philippines and the Role of Business Associations
This research report evaluates the relationship between membership in business associations (such as chambers of commerce and cooperatives) and market access for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in…
A Case Study for the Use of Blockchain Technology for Philippine Coffee Growers
The report will offer an overview of the Philippine coffee industry, a case study of an MSME in the Philippine coffee farming and exporting industry, and an emerging technology company attempting to…
2018 Survey of Entrepreneurs and MSMEs in the Philippines: Building the Capacity of MSMEs Through Market Access
A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the…
2018 Survey of Entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Indonesia: Building the Capacity of MSMEs Through Human Capital
A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities…
Innovation Policy to Promote MSME Growth: Best Practices and Implications for Vietnam and Other APEC Developing Economies
This study reviews best practices around the world, explores how innovation policy can help promote MSME development, and describes the status of Vietnam’s innovation policy for MSMEs. The study provides…
Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Agri-Food: A Study of the Philippines, Vietnam and Peru
A research report that situates the importance of the agri-food sector with respect to key contextual crosscutting and strategic issues, by providing findings from three APEC economies (Vietnam, the…
2017 Survey of Entrepreneurs and MSMEs in Vietnam: Building the Capacity of MSMEs Through Technology and Innovation
A national survey of entrepreneurs and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Vietnam to provide an analysis of business development in the region, and to better understand the opportunities and…