A very prominent example of such interventions is the use of Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMMEs) to reduce poverty. The World Bank and other multilateral development agencies have long recognized the importance of targeted assistance to SMMEs in accelerating growth, promoting economic development and reducing poverty in their interventions in developing countries. The mainstay of this pro-SMME policy is threefold.
In general, borrowing in foreign  3/7  currency has been more widespread in countries with fixed exchange rate regimes or exchange rate targets, particularly the Baltic countries.