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An evaluation of Donors’ Assistance for M/SMEs in Egypt

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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This study aims to evaluate the financial and non-financial aid provided by donors to medium, small and micro enterprises in Egypt. This study provided a summary of the most important programs implemented by donors to support micro, small and medium enterprises.

In general, we concluded that there is a clear lack of donor coordination. Donors mainly lack coordination among the programs and projects. Although there is some dialogue between donors, the formal arrangements for coordination between the projects implemented are largely weak.

We also found that The project and program evaluation process is carried out by the agencies that contract with them in most cases the donors, so that the cost of this evaluation is often included in the cost of the project itself. This may make evaluation results biased and not covered by the necessary evaluative neutrality. The evaluation process can be unbiased and non-neutral as it is usually performed by contracted donor agencies.

Finally, we recommend increasing coordination between donors, as well as improving the legal environment for micro, small and medium enterprises.

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10.21608/csj.2024.72525.1055

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M/SMEs, foreign assistance, donor agencies, finance gap

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سليمان

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سعيد حسن

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قسم الاقتصاد والمالية العامة کلية التجارة جامعة أسيوط

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sshassan@aun.edu.eg

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7

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12

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30093

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2021-07-01

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2021-04-15

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2021-07-01

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2,338

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2,366

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2356-9255

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2356-9263

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مجلة الدراسات التجارية المعاصرة

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An evaluation of Donors’ Assistance for M/SMEs in Egypt

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