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Market access can improve firms’ performance. More research is needed to understand which type of market access programmes are the best at generating firm growth.

Providing firms with advertising and identity verification tools increases their hiring through a job portal, improving their ability to fill vacancies

Politicians who share power impose checks and balances on each other, improving local governance and leading to better economic outcomes.

Upgrading within firms in developing countries is driven by increased know-how and certain buyer types

Increased demand was seen to induce technology diffusion among garment workers, but willingness of both learner and the teacher is necessary

By leveraging peer-learning effects, group-based consulting can be cheaper and more effective than individual interventions in improving SME performance

Subsidies of household electricity prices in India come at the expense of firms, reducing both growth and output

Rental markets for large machines between small firms allow them to achieve economies of scale, increasing mechanisation and aggregate productivity