Development of small enterprises.

(a) Business and development

(a) Business and development

(b) Small enterprise and business development

Unleashing Entrepreneurship Making Business Work for the Poor.

3. Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy.

56 185. Business and development

General Assembly resolutions

(b) BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT (continued)

52 209. Business and development

Item 3 Enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy

Investment and enterprise competitiveness

Development of local entrepreneurs

These support programmes are coordinated by the Economic Development Board through its Enterprise Development Division, upgraded from a Small Business Bureau as its activities expanded to keep up with the growth of local enterprises, both in size and in number.

PROGRESS TOWARDS STRATEGIES FOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

24. It was not only at the level of firms that there must be an enterprise development strategy.

The development of innovation, entrepreneurial and technological capabilities as essential inputs for the development and growth of enterprises and

(1) Training on Development of Small and Medium Enterprises

Investment, technology and enterprise development

Mr. Toru Ueno, Principal Administrator, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Small and Medium sized Enterprise (SME) and Entrepreneurship Division, OECD

50 UNCTAD, Entrepreneurship and economic development the Empretec showcase (Geneva, 2004).

Support for small and medium size enterprise (SME) development (Empretec).

International Development Enterprises India

34. Investment, enterprise development and technology.

Its main focus is on micro, small and medium scale enterprises, cooperatives, and community economic development, in both developed and developing countries.

The development of enterprises, especially SMEs, is critical to economic growth and to achieving the MDGs.

AGREED CONCLUSIONS ON ENTERPRISE ISSUES RELATING TO AN ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

The private sector has been developing mainly in the spheres of commerce and services less in that of production.

In this respect, access to finance for new and expanding firms greatly influences firm development and growth.

The simple truth is that there is no hope for development without business and, in the long term, there is no business without development.

So we need to encourage the growth of local firms.

the implications for the formulation of an enterprise development strategy

Major obstacles to SME development

The complex nature of the enterprise development process

Sectoral policy questions business and development

A new plaque on the Larrabee Building. You got in the way.

The development of enterprises, especially small and medium sized enterprises, is essential to economic growth and employment.

New ground would be broken in reforming State owned enterprises and diversifying public ownership.

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I. Agreed conclusions on enterprise issues relating to an enterprise development strategy

ILO has two databases of particular relevance to enterprise development which are managed by its Enterprise and Co operative Development Department.

(iii) The development of innovation, entrepreneurial and technological capabilities as essential inputs for the development and growth of enterprises

Also, SMEs in developing countries could benefit from the experience of SMEs in developed countries.

7. Also invites the Economic Commission for Africa to play a more active role in the development of African micro, small and medium sized enterprises and industries, in coordination with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and other United Nations bodies concerned with the development of such enterprises, paying particular attention to enterprises owned by women and to women entrepreneurs

This measure could remove one important obstacle to growing microenterprises into SMEs.