This summer after competing my curriculum practicum in Sri Lanka.I went home (Kathmandu,Nepal) for a month...I had plans to conduct a situation analysis on -possibilities of Impact Investment in Nepal ....In this process, I met with various bankers, entrepreneurs and many wanna be impact investors like yours truly.Thing I found very interesting is that securing capital is not the only objective or might not be the purpose of the social enterprise,when asking external guidance to run their business efficiently. Most of the people I met were wanting help on the operational side of the business.For example: Market linkage, book keeping , supply chain and inventory management,etc...
my experiences in Nepal contradicts the rhetoric that " lack of access to finance" in the biggest constraint for SMEs to scale up......Apparently, SME entrepreneurs are putting "Dead capital" to work ....
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