CHITTAGONG, BANGLADESH, MAY 20: Sewing operator Ferdousy (20) is working in a factory on May 20, 2013 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Bangladeshi garment workers labor in poor safety environments in a country where half of the population earn less than a dollar per diem. (Photo by Farzana Hossen/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
SGB Evidence Fund
The SGB Evidence Fund supports research-practitioner collaboration to find the best ways to help small businesses grow in developing countries. Backed by global donors, it aims to improve job creation and poverty reduction by addressing knowledge gaps.
About the SGB Evidence Fund
Supporting the development of small and growing businesses (SGBs) in developing countries is key to enabling job creation and poverty alleviation. Although the evidence base in this area is expanding, there is still much we do not understand about how to best support firm growth and create quality jobs.
To address these challenges, the Small and Growing Business (SGB) Evidence Fund, a joint effort of the International Growth Centre (IGC) and the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE), supports collaborations between researchers and practitioners to understand the most effective ways to support SGBs and the economic and social impact of SGB growth.
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Flagship publication
Where do salaried wage jobs come from, and how can small and medium-sized firms create more of them? This synthesis paper reviews the evidence on constraints to growth of small and medium enterprises.
Practitioner and policy briefs
Laying the groundwork for an equitable startup ecosystem
Measuring and estimating retail productivity
Smarter systems: The effect of investment organisations’ evaluation practices on gender disparities in investments
Hiring frictions and the promise of online job portals: Evidence from India
Discrimination and access to capital: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
The impact of psychotherapy on business performance of female-led firms ↗
Impulso Chileno impact evaluation progress ↗
Women entrepreneurs: Attributes and selection into entrepreneurship ↗
Working papers and journal publications
Blogs and webinars
How online job portals can help smaller firms hire top talent
Reducing the gender financing gap: Getting more capital for women-led startups
Is discrimination in access to capital behind gender gaps in business in Ethiopia?
Boosting female entrepreneurship and export activity: Lessons from a women-only SME consortia in Tunisia
Video recording-Asking Better Questions: The effect of changing investment organisations’ evaluation practices on gender disparities in funding innovation
Gender discrimination in access to capital: Experimental evidence from Ethiopian SGBs
