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Private Sector Discussion Papers

This series of research papers provides in-depth information and analyses on relevant private sector development issues in the countries where we work, in order to engender informed debate on actions needed to promote development. As they are of interest to a wide range of stakeholders, they are available for download by clicking on the title of each document.


PSDP No. 14 Financing SMEs in Cambodia: Why do Banks find it so difficult?
Because locally-owned SMEs in Cambodia have been stymied in their attempts to secure long-term loans for their development, MPDF commissioned a study to determine why local banks would or could not offer more extensive lending services to the SME market and how these issues might be remedied. ...more

PSDP No. 13 Business Associations in Vietnam: Status, Roles and Performance
Business associations can play an important role in the development of the private sector by representing business interests and providing support for their individual members. This report was undertaken by MPDF and the Asia Foundation to identify and evaluate the main characteristics of such associations in Vietnam, as well as to analyze the role they play in supporting private sector businesses. ...more

PSDP No. 12 Doing Business Under the New Enterprise Law: A Survey of Newly Registered Companies
After the new Enterprise Law was enacted in 2000, 14,546 new enterprises registered (as of June 2001) – impressive, considering they made up a full quarter of all registered companies at that time. This report presents the findings of a survey of these enterprises that sought to determine how they fared in the registration process and regulatory environment under the new law....more

PSDP No. 11 The Private Manufacturing Sector in Cambodia: A Survey of 63 Firms
This survey of 63 firms in Phnom Penh aimed to document the status of the private manufacturing sector and the opportunities and constraints they faced. The authors then identified how Government, donors and firms could address these opportunities and problems....more

PSDP No. 10 SMEs in Vietnam: On the Road to Prosperity
This report provided an overview of the status of Vietnamese private companies and served as a background paper for the World Bank economic report presented at the December 1999 Consultative Group. It argued that the key to significant new employment creation and renewed economic growth was the rapid development of export-oriented private sector companies. ...more

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