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An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Responses on MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Commonwealth Countries in the Pacific 评估COVID-19应对措施对非正规部门中小微企业的影响:来自太平洋英联邦国家的证据

Commonwealth Trade Competitiveness Briefing Paper Pub Date : 2020-09-21 DOI: 10.14217/32cb4125-en

Amrita Saha, E. Quak, M. Carreras

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An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Responses on MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Commonwealth Countries in the Caribbean 评估COVID-19应对措施对非正规部门中小微企业的影响:来自加勒比英联邦国家的证据

Commonwealth Trade Competitiveness Briefing Paper Pub Date : 2020-09-15 DOI: 10.14217/c2a2f4a2-en

Amrita Saha, J. Thorpe

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An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Responses on MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Commonwealth Countries in Africa 评估应对COVID-19对非正规部门中小微企业的影响:来自非洲英联邦国家的证据

Commonwealth Trade Competitiveness Briefing Paper Pub Date : 2020-09-10 DOI: 10.14217/4e27a792-en

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