Title: Finance for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Caribbean
Abstract: Acknowledgements Introduction Executive Summary I. Contextual Data Analysis 1. Business Characteristics Distribution of Businesses by Country and Legal Form Original Base of Businesses Exports and Areas to which Products Were Exported Principal Owner Characteristics II. Attempts by SMEs to Access Finance 2. Requests for Debt Finance Type of Finance Requested Lending Institutions Approached Authorisation of Debt Finance Amounts Authorised and Borrowed Rejection Rate Relationship with Lending Institutions Satisfaction with the Service Elements of Financial Institutions Discouragement of Financing Intended Use of Finance Collateral The Application Process 3. Requests for Equity Finance 4. Requests for Grants III. Perceptions of SMEs on Access to Finance and Inhibitors to Access 5. The Finance Needs of Businesses Employees and Revenues Businesses Would Add in the Next Five Years Purposes for which Finance Would Be Used Support for SMEs and Obstacles to Development -- Main Causes of Difficulty in Securing Long-term Finance Barriers to Development of SMEs -- Support Required from Government Areas in which Assistance Is Required Support Required Most Appropriate Form of Finance Main Problems Encountered by Businesses 6. Skills and Training Needs of SMEs Training Programmes Attended Training Programmes Required IV. Lenders' Experience of the Financing of SMEs 7. Business Characteristics of Lenders Evaluation of Requests for Finance Other Business Characteristics Security Required Reasons for Refusing Finance Opportunities for Reducing Risk Conclusion Appendices 1. Survey Methodology and Experience of Researchers 2. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 3. Financial Institutions References
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-12-21
Language: en
Type: book
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