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Trade and Investment Liberalization Effects on SME Development: A Literature Review and a Case Study of Indonesia

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  • Tulus Tambunnan

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    As this research seeks to bring to the fore benefits that have been or may be derived for SMEs from international trade and investment liberalization in Indonesia, it has three main questions: (1). how international trade and investment policy reforms affect local SMEs; (2) has growth of exports of SMEs accelerated since the reforms; and (3) does investment liberalization generate more subcontracting between local SMEs and FDI.?

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    Paper provided by Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade (ARTNeT), an initiative of UNESCAP and IDRC, Canada. in its series Working Papers with number 4207.

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    Length: 65 pages
    Date of creation: Aug 2007
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    Publication status: Published in ARTNeT website
    Handle: RePEc:esc:wpaper:4207

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    Keywords: Trade and Investment; SME; Indonesia;

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