Promoting inclusive industrialization and the development of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises through a tailored financing model

Abstract

The present brief is the product of technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) to the Government of Eswatini, following a call by the latter for support in developing an inclusive financing model for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises. Given the paramount importance of the micro-, small and medium-sized enterprise sector to the socioeconomic development of the African continent, and indeed to the inclusive industrialization agenda, the model produced with the help of that technical assistance was intended to alleviate a key constraint for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: access to finance.