Many people in developing countries are either self-employed or employed in small enterprises (roughly ten or fewer people). IPA’s research in this area investigates solutions to help these businesses thrive and grow through access to finance, skill-building, and encouraging first-time entrepreneurship.
 The amount of competition between intermediaries in agricultural markets has a large role in determining prices but can be very hard to measure. |
 Compared to their counterparts in high-income countries, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in low-and-middle-income countries, are often less productive, grow slower, and hire fewer workers. |
 Millions of people make their living running microenterprises, but these businesses typically fail to expand or provide more than subsistence-level income to their owners. |
