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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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) form the backbone of the Ukrainian economy, employing almost 82% of the Ukrainian workforce. Almost one year after the Russian invasion, small businesses are starting to stabilize but lack the available financial resources and connections to the broader European and global markets to recover and grow.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

(partner) Center for Strategic and International Studies

Europe

Financing Ukraine’s critical small and medium-sized enterprises

Small business

North America

Asia Pacific

Middle East & Africa

Latin American & Caribbean

Global

AI for social impact

Climate change

Data for good

Digital transformation

Economic development

Financial health

Financial inclusion

Gender equity

Global development

Public-private partnerships