PADILLA ANGULO, LAURA, LASARTE LÓPEZ, JESÚS MIGUEL, CALDENTEY DEL POZO, PEDRO
No
Eval. Program Plann.
Article
Científica
1.5
0.457
01/04/2023
000914027800001
2-s2.0-85144794955
Microenterprises represent 88.4 % of Latin American enterprises, and many countries in the region have developed microenterprise promotion policies in recent years; however, rigorous evaluation remains a pending issue. To shed light on the research done on this topic over the last 20 years and propose a roadmap for the policy evaluation of microenterprise business support services and the development of microenterprise indicators, this work conducts a systematic review, following the PRISMA guidelines, of peer-reviewed journal articles examining the impact of business support services on microenterprise performance in low- and middle-income Latin American countries. We identified 679 studies, and 17 studies met the inclusion criteria. We found that the literature is surprisingly scarce; most studies focus on credits and impacts on financial performance and concentrate on Mexico; and only three articles involve randomised controlled trials. Our results have important implications for policymakers and future research. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd
article; human; Mexico; middle income group; Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; randomized controlled trial (topic); South and Central America; systematic review