Lack of access to financial services is a key barrier to the growth of micro, small, medium enterprises (MSMEs). IFC is working to develop solutions to close the MSME financing gap. By partnering with many types of financial intermediaries, including microfinance institutions (MFIs), commercial banks, leasing companies, and private equity funds, IFC reaches many more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) than it could directly.

See http://smefinanceforum.org

MSME-CI presents secondary data collected by various institutions (statistical institutes, ministries, international organizations, small business promotion agencies, research institutions and others) using different methods (survey, census and others). Please read the “Description Note on the MSME Country Indicators 2014” along with the country specific comments in the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Country Indicators before using the data. http://msmecountryindicators.smefinanceforum.org/description.html