This report shows how small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging and frontier markets benefit from access to finance, as well as how they were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

This survey provides data on how micro firms in Kenya have responded to and coped during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Kenya, the trend of divergent impact continues, with macroeconomic resilience masking sustained inequalities and divergence in recovery.

This policy brief stresses the key challenges faced by SMEs on the continent and analyzes how these challenges are likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19.

This Note shows how the barriers women entrepreneurs already face in starting and retaining a business are likely to increase in the aftermath of COVID-19.

Findings from a survey and interviews with SME clients of financial institutions

Country assessment reflecting the impact of the pandemic on banked enterprises

Evidence from two-wave phone surveys in China