This lecture explores the importance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in economic development and introduces SMEDA — Pakistan's apex authority for SME growth.
📌 What you'll learn:
✔️ Why SMEs matter: six key roles in the economy (employment, GDP & output, exports, innovation, regional balance, poverty reduction)
✔️ SME contribution to GDP — global picture (IFC & World Bank data)
✔️ SME contribution to Pakistan's economy: GDP share, employment, exports
✔️ The SME financing gap — why it exists and how it can be reduced
✔️ What is SMEDA? Its mandate, establishment, and core functions
✔️ SMEDA's eight key functions: policy advocacy, business development services, training, cluster development, financing facilitation, startup support, and more
✔️ Selected SMEDA initiatives, including the Women Business Incubation Center (WBIC)
✔️ How SMEDA supports entrepreneurs — including healthcare and lab science graduates
🕐 Topics Covered:
1. Why SMEs Matter: Six Roles in the Economy
2. SME Contribution to GDP — Global & Pakistan Picture
3. The SME Financing Gap
4. SMEDA — Role, Functions & Key Initiatives
📚 Sources: SMEDA, State Bank of Pakistan, SECP, PBS Economic Census 2023, World Bank, IFC
🎓 Course: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
🏫 CKMC – Allied Health Sciences Institute | BS Medical Laboratory Technology (BS MLT)
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