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Supporting Local, High-Growth Entrepreneurship

Many government and development agencies aim to support local, high-growth entrepreneurship. Last month I chaired an Economic Development Australia seminar on Supporting Local, High-Growth Entrepreneurship [presentations and report available here]. This seminar examined the opportunities for developing practical local policies and programs to support high-growth entrepreneurship. High-growth entrepreneurs, often known

Formalising smallholder agriculture and agri-business: what the evidence says

Formalising smallholder agriculture and agri-business: what the evidence says

I’m a little late posting this, but I think the findings of this study I conducted on the formalisation of smallholder agriculture and agri-business are quite relevant and interesting. I was commissioned by the DFID-funded Business Environment Reform Facility to review the evidence available on how business environment reform

Do financial services lead to SME growth? It depends…

Do financial services lead to SME growth? It depends…

Simon White | This article describes the issues affecting access to finance and SME growth.

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Supporting Local and Regional Business Environment Reforms

I’m very happy to share with you the link to this new resource from the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED). This Annex has just been published (December 2016). It contributes to the Donor Guidance on Supporting Business Environment Reform and focuses on how donor and development agencies can

Supporting innovation in an age of disruption

Supporting innovation in an age of disruption

Effective innovation means looking beyond conventional industries and instead identifying new opportunities and supporting entrepreneurs. Here’s my piece in the Asia & the Pacific Policy Society Policy Forum on why this isn’t happening at a state level.

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Growing WA through Innovation – A Response

Growing WA through Innovation is a report of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly. Released on 30 June 2016, it presents the Committee’s findings of its inquiry into the ways technological and service innovation can be fostered to expand and diversify the Western Australian economy.

Can the shared economy contribute to inclusive growth?

Can the shared economy contribute to inclusive growth?

Perhaps the most pervasive of the new economic and business models in recent years is the shared or sharing economy. It offers a revolutionary new concept: access over ownership. What is important is not what you own, but what you have access to it. On the face if it, this