Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF), an organization with three decades of experience lending to SMEs around the globe, has compiled case studies from loan-recipients from five countries. The case studies tell the story of each business and how the loan, as well as the training provided by SEAF, changed their business and the lives of their employees.

UNCDF is the UN's capital investment agency for the world's 48 least developed countries.It creates new opportunities for poor people and their small businesses by increasing access to microfinance and investment capital.

Supporting the investments of SMEs, the engine of Europe’s economy, is one of the EIB Group key priorities.During 2011, the EIB Group provided EUR 13 billion of finance for SMEs and midcaps companies.

Through the investments in our region, the EBRD has become the largest private equity funds investor with commitments of over €2.7 billion to funds with capital of over €13.5 billion as of December 2009. 

Small businesses often have difficulties financing their growth and innovations. The European Commission is working with the Member States to stimulate the provision of loans and venture capital for SMEs.

Using a firm-level survey database covering 48 countries, this research paper investigates how financial and institutional development affects financing of large and small firms.

This paper represents the discussion and innovative ideas captured during the German Marshall Fund of the United States' Affordable Capital for SMEs Conference held in Paris on June 11-12 2007.

This paper describes a unique cross-country database that presents consistent and comparable information on the contribution of the SMEs sector to total employment, job creation, and growth in 99 countries. It compares and contrasts the importance of SMEs to that of young firms across different economies.

Microcredit and SME finance are often pitched as alternative strategies to create employment opportunities in low‐income communities. This paper integrates evidence from three surveys in Bangladesh to reject the idea that SME finance more efficiently creates jobs for the population served by microcredit.

ACDI/VOCA helps to expand financial services to small enterprises and rural households. It identifies and supports critical changes that facilitate access by reducing the cost and increasing the efficiency of financial intermediation with farmers, micro and small enterprises and rural residents.