Promoting SME Trade Finance in the CAREC Region

Based on research evidence, CI believes that the key to economic diversification and growth is SME. SME has been a recurring theme of CI’s programming. During the past two years, CI has conducted workshops on SME development and SME financing. The logical next step is to explore trade financing of SMEs engaged in trade in order to review the challenges in SME trade financing for increasing SME trading for the broader agenda of regional integration.