This post on the financing gap is based on EMC Consulting’s 2018-19 work for the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) ‘Investment Fund Local SMEs’, an initiative of the Dutch Ministry… read more →
This post is based on EMC Consulting’s 2018-19 work for the Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF) ‘Investment Fund Local SMEs’, an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The… read more →
The Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), with partners EMC Consulting and Toh Lao Coworking Space (Toh-X), gathered local stakeholders in Vientiane Capital to discuss new perspectives on Lao’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.… read more →
The Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), in cooperation with the Embassy of the Netherlands in Myanmar, partners with EMC Consulting, the ANDE, Micro Empire and Impact Hub Yangon, gathered local… read more →
The Dutch Good Growth Fund (DGGF), in cooperation with EMC Consulting and Cambodian Women Entrepreneurs Association, gathered local stakeholders to discuss new perspectives on Cambodia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. On 12th December… read more →
Energy Efficiency improves a firm’s competitiveness (less cost) and the environment we all share (less emissions). This blog post summarizes the energy and energy efficiency situation in Cambodia. It’s a… read more →
Labor and Skills shortage is one of 4 particular hurdles faced by SME in Lao PDR, according to our report “Business Formalization in Lao PDR“. The post looks at causes… read more →
Many businesses in Lao PDR remain informal, and struggle to grow into medium-sized and large businesses that are capable of providing decent work for large numbers of Lao PDR citizens.… read more →
This blog, taken from EMC report “Business Formalization in Lao PDR“ (Sept 2016) considers whether Lao PDR’s strong rates of economic growth are masking some underlying weaknesses in the productivity… read more →
As part of our work for the Dutch Good Growth Fund #ClosingTheGap series, we analysed 2016 data from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys to paint a nuanced picture of small and medium-size enterprises… read more →