Today’s programme is organized around four (4) main themes (a) characteristics of the sector and the Constraints affecting SMEs (b) Fostering Entrepreneurship and Developing an Appropriate Business Environment, (c) Financing SME Development, and (d) Setting Priorities for SME Development.
Naturally, this has different implications for emerging economies, with those with closer economic links to China and with exports more concentrated on primary commodities facing the most acute challenges. On the other hand, it is also true that a successful transition in China to lower but more sustainable rates of economic expansion should at the end be a net positive for the world economy.