This book provides a wide review of experience of donor agencies in
designing and implementing business development services for small and medium enterprises in a variety of developing countries.
This selection of twenty two papers from the International Conference on Business Development Services, Rio de Janeiro, March 1999 covers programs of integrated SME capacity building, establishment and operation of business centers, the organization and operation of advisory services, business linkages, industrial clusters and business incubators, support for marketing services, innovative practices in business training and counseling, recent experience in entrepreneurship development programs, projects for the transfer and upgrading of technologies and new approaches to the dissemination of information.
Case studies examine the impact of the services on individual firms
as well as on macro-economic factors.This book is important for all consultants, donor groups, NGOs and all practitioners working in developing countries in promoting
and expanding business development services for micro, small and medium enterprises.