Small businesses and AI: Accelerating innovation and inclusion

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Highly confident, women entrepreneurs still face systemic barriers

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How data and AI can drive change: 4 ways forward

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Unlocking the power of small businesses to drive climate-smart inclusive growth

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The paper identifies new digital-first players and channels that have emerged to support small business and shares recommendations on how new and established actors can work together more effectively. Based on their analysis, 5 archetypal forms of digital support emerged. The paper aims to spur new initiatives will to pursue the pathways identified, thereby deepening their transformative impact on small businesses.

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Global

The digital transformation of small business support

Financial inclusion

North America

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

Europe

Latin American & Caribbean

AI for social impact

Climate change

Data for good

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Gender equity

Global development

Public-private partnerships

Small business