Indonesia's SMEs hold the key to growth. How can they scale up?

Sep 30, 2021

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In Indonesia there is one SME for every five people, but most of them are micro-enterprises. How can they scale up? Image: Farhan Abas on Unsplash

Prasanti W. Sarli

Head of Social Impact, Evermos

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