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Indigenous entrepreneurs represent a growing segment of the business community in many countries, but face sometimes stark challenges in starting and running enterprises. The success of indigenous entrepreneurs matters because they draw upon their indigeneity as sources of inspiration and innovation, contribute to the collective wellbeing of indigenous peoples, and some represent world class exemplars of sustainable ways of doing business. While enterprise assistance for entrepreneurs is widely accepted as a worthwhile use of public funds few guidelines exist to help policy makers and providers understand the needs of indigenous entrepreneurs and how best to respond. In this paper, we use the theoretical lens of entrepreneurial identity to provide insight into this challenging context. Taking an identity perspective may enable us to tease out how identifying as a Māori entrepreneur can enable and also hinder change in this community context. In doing so we lay foundations for future empirical work.

This book's prime audience is government policy-makers. It provides a policy framework for governments to increase micro, small and medium enterprises' access to financial services?one which is based on empirical evidence from around the world. Financial sector policies in many developing countries often work against the ability of commercial financial institutions to serve this market segment, albeit, often unintentionally. The framework guides governments on how to best focus scarce resources on three things: ? developing an inclusive financial sector policy; ? building healthy financial institutions; and ? investing in information infrastructure such as credit bureaus and accounting standards. The book provides examples and case studies of how such a strategy has helped to build more inclusive financial institutions and systems in many countries.

Summarizes interview about World Bank's New Markets Development Project, corruption in Afghanistan, issues with introduction of market economy, and poor management of industrial parks.

Summarizes interview about action plans adopted by Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industries, and role of U.S. Agency for International Development in private sector development programs.

The article substantiates the strategic directions of state assistance to the development of enterprises in Ukraine, i.e. managerial and financial aspects. It proves that the sphere of entrepreneurship, like any other social activity, is subjected to the influence of the regulatory policy of the state. We have also stated that business units carry out self-regulation of their operation, which is adjusted by the objective laws of the market mechanism, within which all entities in the society function. It has been argued that the assistance of the state is just to regulate and support the development of enterprises through the activities of public authorities of central, regional and local levels. We would like to note that in developed countries the state plays a significant role in the process of managing small and medium-sized enterprises, which today in the EU are more than 80 % of the total number of economic entities. We emphasize that the primary goal of the state policy of the European countries is to balance the interests of the state and business, to provide optimal conditions for entrepreneurial activity, to increase the competitiveness of the business. In particular, this policy is implemented through the actions of states and special programs performed under the auspices of the European Union. Business support measures are funded through EU structural funds such as the Regional Development Fund and the Social Fund. The data of the influential international research «The Global Competitiveness Report» of the World Economic Forum in 2019 is given, according to which the highest place in the ranking is the indicator «Cost of starting a business» – Ukraine ranks 14th among 141 countries. We would like to note that other indicators that determine the managerial role of the state, such as administrative costs and regulatory framework, are in the second half of the rating. It is found that obstacles to the active development of entrepreneurship in Ukraine are because of the following problems: the lack of proper financing; information vacuum; less diversification of the business environment; in many cases, the absence of an «airbag» for business development; independent lending by entrepreneurs to their clients, resulting in cash gaps; high level of corruption; lack of proper education, which is the main reason for the bankruptcy of many newcomers in the early years; the problem of scaling business with experienced entrepreneurs; business model crisis and difficulties in conquering new markets; personnel crisis in Ukraine and especially in the regions. It is noted that the efficiency of investments of enterprises is significantly improved due to the implementation of innovative projects. We have stated that the innovative vector of state assistance to the development of enterprises should provide for the implementation of both the general state strategy, which will take into account the introduction of innovations into the economic activity of the entities and also the innovative approach of specific enterprises, development by them of projects for the creation of innovative products. Innovation can increase the competitiveness of business entities on the market by improving the management of enterprises, quality marketing, personnel and innovation policies.

Interventions designed to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are popular among policy makers, given the role SMEs play in job creation around the world. Significant resources from governments and international organizations are directed to business-support interventions in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) based on the assumption that market failures and institutional constraints impede SME growth. SME business-support interventions in LMICs most often relate to formalization, business environment, exports, clusters, training, technical assistance, access to credit, and innovation. This paper reviews and summarizes 40 rigorous evaluations of SMEsupport services in LMICs and presents evidence to inform policy debates pertaining to SMEs and business-support services. We present evidence that business-support interventions improve firm performance and create jobs. However, little is known about which interventions work best for SMEs and why. More rigorous impact evaluations are needed to fill the knowledge gap in the field.