Workshop. Micro and Small Enterprise Upgrading: Insights from Egypt, India and the Philippines. 28 November 2012, Bonn

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1 Workshop Micro and Small Enterprise Upgrading: Insights from Egypt, India and the Philippines 28 November 2012, Bonn

2 Micro and Small Enterprise Upgrading: Insights from Egypt, India and the Philippines Bonn, 28 November 2012 Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Tulpenfeld 6, Bonn How do micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in emerging and developing economies upgrade into medium and large sized firms? Across developed and developing economies empirical observations suggest that most micro and small enterprises are stagnating in their productivity levels and do not contribute to strengthen national and industrial competitiveness. Only a minority of MSEs manage to upgrade their businesses to the next level of productivity, assets and employment. Since the main sources of jobs in almost all emerging and developing economies are private enterprises, private sector development through enterprise growth is of vital importance in all poverty reduction strategies. In 2012 the Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) together with its partners in Germany and project countries has conducted a three-country research project on Micro and small enterprise upgrading in Egypt, India and the Philippines. The studies are based mainly on tracing back success stories of small, medium and large-sized enterprises that grew out of the micro segment, with the aims of identifying determinants of firm growth and qualitative upgrading as well as deriving conclusions for policy-makers. The workshop on 28 November 2012 to discuss what we know and do not know on MSE growth, and to present the findings of the DIE three country studies on MSME upgrading. 1

3 Micro and Small Enterprise Upgrading: Insights from Egypt, India and the Philippines Bonn, 28 November 2012 Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tulpenfeld 6, Bonn, Germany 9:00 9:30 Opening and Welcome Tilman Altenburg 9:30 10:15 Keynote: Micro and Small Enterprise Dynamics - What do we know? Peter Knorringa International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague 10:15 11:00 What determines upgrading? Evidence from Egypt, India and the Philippines Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa, Markus Loewe and Caroline Reeg 11:00 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 12:30 Philippines Findings from the MSME Upgrading Project: Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa Comment Nestor Rañeses University of the Philippines, Institute for Small Scale Industries (UPISSI), Quezon City Lunch 2

4 13:30 14:30 India Findings from the MSME Upgrading Project Caroline Reeg, Comment Tamal Sarkar Foundation for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Clusters, New Delhi 14:30 15:30 Egypt Findings from the MSME Upgrading Project Markus Loewe, 15:30 16:00 Coffee break Comment Iman Al-Ayouty, Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Cairo 16:00 18:00 Final discussion round: New insights, new implications for policy? Introduction and moderation: Hubert Schmitz, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, Brighton Panelists: Iman Al-Ayouty, Egyptian Center For Economic Studies (ECES), Cairo Simon Bleidiesel, KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Main Peter Knorringa, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague Corinna Küsel, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Eschborn/Bonn Nestor Rañeses, University of the Philippines, Institute for Small Scale Industries (UP ISSI), Quezon City Tamal Sarkar, Foundation for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Clusters, Delhi 18:00 Evening Reception 3

5 List of participants Al-Ayouty Iman Egyptian Center for Economic Studies (ECES), Cairo Altenburg Tilman Bellinger Silja University of Mainz Bleidiesel Simon KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Main Das Keshab Gujarat Institute of Development Research (GIDR), Gujarat, India Dettmann-Busch Ina Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Gerlach Susann Sequa, Bonn Häbig Manfred Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Hampel-Milagrosa Aimée Hartoyo Osa United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Country Office Indonesia, Jakarta Heidebrecht Joachim KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Main Joekes Susanne International Development Research Center (IDRC), Ottawa Knorringa Peter International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague Küsel Corinna Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Loewe Markus Madelung Philip Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Moreno-Monroy Ana University of Groningen Nissan Sargon Bretton Woods Project, London Pieters Janneke Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn Raneses Nestor University of the Philippines, Institute for Small Scale Industries (UP ISSI), Quezon City Reeg Caroline Rimkus Marco Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (DEG), Cologne Sarkar Tamal Foundation for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Clusters, New Delhi Schmitz Hubert Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex, Brighton Seebens Holger KfW Development Bank, Frankfurt/Main Speer Johanna German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Stamm Andreas Voeten Jaap Tilburg University 4

6 Your directions to the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Tulpenfeld 6 D Bonn From Bonn Central Station (Hauptbahnhof): Take the U-Bahn U 16/ U 63 or U 66 to Heussallee/Museumsmeile. Take the exit Heussallee. Turn right after 50 m onto the footpath towards the office complex 'Tulpenfeld'. Follow the signs across Tulpenfeld to the building of DIE at Tulpenfeld 6. The buses No. 610 and 611 run from the train station Bonn Hauptbahnhof to the bus stop Heussallee/Museumsmeile. Turn onto the footpath towards the office complex 'Tulpenfeld'. Follow the signs across Tulpenfeld to the building of DIE at Tulpenfeld 6.

7 Tulpenfeld Bonn Contact: Dr. Markus Loewe Telephone + 49 (0) Fax + 49 (0) die@die-gdi.de Dr. Aimée Hampel-Milagrosa Telephone + 49 (0) Fax + 49 (0) die@die-gdi.de Caroline Reeg Telephone + 49 (0) Fax + 49 (0) die@die-gdi.de