With the right interventions and appropriate financing, we can  2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  deepen this regional participation for our traditionally domestic-oriented SMEs that are unable to take advantage of available overseas markets.
At this point, I want to share the story of a small food producer who was able to grow her home-based business with the help of a microfinance loan. Her business was able to put food on their family’s table, send her children to school and improve the overall quality of life of their family. We met at an awards program for microentrepreneurs.