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By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:
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• explain the channels through which government supports small businesses
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• explain the rationale for public sector interventions
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• discuss the role of the public sector in MSME development
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• identify government- and donor-supported funding schemes
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Abor, J.Y. (2017). Public Sector Interventions and Small Businesses. In: Entrepreneurial Finance for MSMEs. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34021-0_7
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