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While SMEs drive innovation and job creation, they face significant barriers, including a 'missing middle' financing gap where approximately 70% of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets lack access to credit. The brief recommends a shift from general support to tailored, needs-based approaches, including the creation of simple legal forms for social enterprises, support for informal self-organisation, and the alignment of local, national, and international policy frameworks to provide clarity for small businesses.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000115#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"SMEs are vital to the economic structure of emerging economies, where formal SMEs can account for up to 60% of total employment and up to 40% of national GDP.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000115#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is a significant financing gap for SMEs in emerging markets, termed the 'missing middle', with World Bank estimates suggesting around 70% of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises lack access to credit.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000115#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"SMEs face systemic barriers to growth, including limited access to technology, financing, and business management skills, which are further exacerbated for social and environmental SMEs pioneering new business models.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000115#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"To effectively support the green transition, policymakers should implement specific measures such as creating simple legal forms for social enterprises, supporting the self-organisation of informal businesses to win group contracts, and establishing sector-specific certifications or ecolabelling to create new markets.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000115#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["green economy","climate finance","Sustainable Development Goals","Paris Agreement"],"geography_discussed":["Africa"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["policy analysis","recommendations"]},{"id":"geconco-000118","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/geconco-000118","title":"COVID-19: Ten Priority Options for a Just, Green & Transformative Recovery","publisher":{"name":"Green Economy Coalition","organization":"green-economy-coalition"},"document_type":"briefing","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/assets/reports/GEC-Reports/PIGE-COVID-10PriorityOptionsforaJustGreenTransformativeRecovery.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The briefing argues that the COVID-19 crisis exposed systemic fragilities and provides an opportunity to build resilience against climate change, biodiversity loss, and inequality. 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Some regions already applying these principles include Amsterdam, Bhutan, Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand, and Scotland.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000118#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Fiscal stimulus and financial aid should accelerate the green transition rather than undermine it. Examples include Austria and France making airline bailouts conditional on Paris Agreement adherence, and Poland and Denmark restricting aid to companies not in tax havens. The document suggests using innovative financing like debt-for-nature/climate swaps and biodiversity bonds.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"geconco-000118#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The energy transition should be accelerated by removing fossil fuel subsidies, which the IEA describes as economically and environmentally damaging. For instance, Nigeria's decision to scrap subsidies is expected to save the government at least $2 billion annually. 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