Bridging the Financing Gap: Why SMEs Need an Alternative

Revisiting Paul Baran’s The Political Economy of Growth for Today

And this brings me to what I referred to earlier as a reaffirmation of my views on the basic problem confronting the underdeveloped countries. The principal insights, which must not be obscured by matters of secondary or tertiary importance, are two. The first is that, if what is sought is rapid economic development, comprehensive economic planning is indispensable… if the increase in a country’s aggregate output is to attain the magnitude, of, …

Bridging the financing gap: Why SMEs need an alternative

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Africa Rethinks Development: Smarter Planning to Bridge the Financing Gap

🌍As global development deadlines draw near, African governments are rethinking how they plan and pay for progress. With just five years left to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, governments across the continent are embracing a shift in development strategy: moving from short-term fixes to long-term, integrated planning that