Upskilling SMEs: how governments fund training and consulting: comparing experiences from Asia, Europe and North America

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a major source of job creation and account for an increasing share of employment in almost every country. Recognizing their importance in the overall economy, countries around the world have established programs to boost the performance of SMEs; many of these revolve around the provision of training and/or consulting services. The aim of this study is to develop a better understanding of the ways in which grants to subsidize training and consulting services to SMEs have been financed and executed, including their relative advantages and disadvantag ... Show more

Corporate authors: International Labour Office. Enterprises Department

Published: Geneva, Switzerland, ILO, 2017

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: 62 p.

Access item: http://www.ilo.org/empent/Publications/WCMS_609267/lang--en/index.htm

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