New challenges require new types of partnerships: peacebuilding is meeting finance
Finance for Peace (Interpeace)
SME facilities in fragile and conflict-affected settings: contributing to peace?
What small and medium enterprise facilities do for peace in fragile settings, the constraints they face, and how peace-aligned capital could reach them.
What it covers
Commissioned by the Finance for Peace initiative and authored by TrustWorks Global, this study examines the facilities that finance small and medium enterprises in fragile and conflict-affected settings, and asks whether and how they contribute to peace. It reviews the evidence, examines a set of facilities in detail, and sets out how SME finance could be designed to reduce conflict risk and strengthen local economies rather than simply avoid harm.