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Credit Flows to Pakistan’s Manufacturing SME Sector

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  • Imran Ahmad

    (Additional Director, Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department, State Bank of Pakistan)

  • Karim Alam

    (Deputy Director, Infrastructure, Housing and SME Finance Department, State Bank of Pakistan)

Abstract

This paper profiles the flow of credit to manufacturing SMEs and their subsectors in Pakistan. We discuss the challenges confronting the SME sector as well as the role of the central bank in this context. Based on the literature and data available, we find that the flow of financing to the manufacturing sector witnessed a gradual and steady increase in absolute terms, although its share of total industry credit declined sharply over a nine-year period. Financing to manufacturing SMEs initially declined and then increased over a period of six years.

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  • Imran Ahmad & Karim Alam, 2015. "Credit Flows to Pakistan’s Manufacturing SME Sector," Lahore Journal of Economics, Department of Economics, The Lahore School of Economics, vol. 20(Special E), pages 261-270, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:lje:journl:v:20:y:2015:i:sp:p:261-270
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    Keywords

    Credit; manufacturing; small & medium enterprise (SME); Pakistan;
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    JEL classification:

    • E51 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Money Supply; Credit; Money Multipliers
    • L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General

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