29 Jun OpEd by SEAF BV’s Managing Partner: SME Capital Constraints & Solutions
In an OpEd piece for the Daily Sun, SEAF Bangladesh Ventures’ Managing Partner Fahim Ahmed identifies a lack of available capital as “the key factor that constrains the growth of SMEs in Bangladesh” and discusses the various limitations of traditional financing sources that contribute to this inefficiency. Ahmed expands his analysis with a proposed solution to the SME financing gaps: a dual approach that combines mezzanine financing with “a robust risk assessment and monitoring mechanism” in the form of specialized financial institutions.
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