A Study on Financing of SME’s in Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh is now dreaming to become the middle income country within 7 to 8 years. The governor of Bangladesh bank advocated that every year 2% poverty reduced in Bangladesh consequently at present the people who lived in under the poverty line is 27%. The contribution of SME sector in this regard was incredible. Diverse hurdle likes limited financing, high interest rate; poor infrastructure, credit information gap etc make the performance of SMEs below the global standard. This study is an academic analysis to identify some of the constraints related with SMEs financing and some policy implications for the future.

Keyword: SME financing, GDP contribution, poverty alleviation.