Small business in transition economies : promoting enterprise in central and eastern euripe and the former Soviet Union

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Small business in transition economies : promoting enterprise in central and eastern euripe and the former Soviet Union

ed. by Jacob Levitsky

Intermediate Technology Publications, 1996

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With the collapse of the communist central planning regimes throughout Eastern and Central Europe and the vast area of the former Soviet Union there has been a trend toward building up a significant private sector and encouraging dynamic growth in the emerging markets of national economies. The donor agencies have responded by developing aid programmes to help in the creation of a strong private sector and more specifically to help in the development of small and medium enterprises (SME). This book looks at some of the experiences of SME projects carried out in the various countries in the region. Four themes considered of central importance to SME development * financial support, technical and management services, favourable policies conducive to SME development and the involvement of international donor agencies * are examined.

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  • Part 1 Background to the small and medium enterprise sector: Improving the support for small business development in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Allan Gibb
  • institutional support for small business in Poland, Danuta Hubner
  • government policy for small and medium enterprises in the Russian Federation, Victor Ermakov
  • helping businesses in the 'subsistence economy' in Hungary, Zsuzsa Laczko
  • creating small businesses out of large enterprises, Stanislav Lyapunov and Allan Gibb
  • small and medium enterprise development in Belarus, A. Komsa and P. Merkulov
  • support for small and medium enterprises in the Slovak Republic, Josef Brhel and Jan Foltin. Part 2 Financial assistance: The Ostrava regional development fund of the Czech Republic, Gijs Boot
  • financial institutional development - the case of the Russia small business fund, Elizabeth Wallace
  • micro-lending in the Russian Federation, Claus-Peter Zeitinger
  • regionally oriented financial instruments in Poland, Marek Kozak
  • equity and venture capital financing in countries under transition, Thomas C. Gibson
  • the promotion of private small and medium industrial enterprises in Kyrgyzstan, Peter Lindlein
  • the Romanian loan guarantee fund, Sorin Coclitu and Tatiana Bratescu. Part 3 Training and general support projects: the experiences of the ROM-UN Centre in Romania, John Allen
  • supporting the Roma ethnic minority in the development of small ventures in Hungary, Andras Biro and Anna Csongor
  • the integrated advisory service for private business in Romania, Nicolae Gheranescu
  • developing markets for SME training activities in Slovenia, Viljenka Godina
  • the foundation for the promotion of small and medium enterprises in Poland, Krystyna Gurbiel
  • the Polish-British enterprise project, Mike hardy
  • the employment service's assistance to small and medium business in Russia, V. Pnomarev and Natalia Gribankova
  • higher education institutions' involvement with business development projects in Romania and Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, Robert R. Tolar
  • promoting women in business in Uzbekistan, T.D. Saidikramova
  • a note on the Donor committee for small enterprise development.

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