Cultivating Small and Medium-Sized Firms: Entrepreneurship Development, Gender, and Technology in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Senegal - Technololgy Bank,

This report examines and compares the strategies that four LDCs have adopted on these three fronts. It is based on data collected as part of a collaborative research project between the United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries and Small Globe Inc., supported by the International Development Research Centre in Ottawa. It includes case studies on SME development in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Ethiopia and Senegal. The project examined policies to promote SME development in general in these countries, in addition to analysing their emphasis on promoting women entrepreneurs and technology-based frms. The case studies involved carrying out in-depth online interviews with 67 entrepreneurs and other experts, and analysing various documents and other online resources bearing on these themes. The fndings in this report are based heavily on qualitative interviews with representatives of frms and different organisations from the countries, that explored the interviewees’ perspectives of SME development.