The objectives of the Access to Finance component of the MSME Project are to:

• Increase the creditworthiness of prospective clients of the partner banks, thus increasing the number of new SME loans

• Help SMEs that have received loans from the partner banks to remain bankable, thus reducing the number of non-performing loans and increasing the growth of the firms
• Help business service providers to help expand services tailored for target SMEs, and
• Support financial institutions that wish to develop and expand term lending to SMEs or to develop additional financial instruments suitable for SMEs.