SMI II

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The Second Small and Medium-Scale Industry Project supports the Government's program for small and medium industry development (SMI) by promoting efficient SMI investments and operations. Specifically, the project contains the following components: (i) credit lines to the participating credit institutions for onlending to SMI sub-projects for fixed investment and working capital; (ii) technical assistance to the participating credit institutions to improve their project appraisal and supervision capability, and their information and operating procedures which relate to SMI financing operations; (iii) technical and marketing support services to SMIs to improve product quality and expand their local and export markets; and (iv) technical assistance to improve SMI data collection, processing and analysis to improve their accuracy and reliability for future policy and project formulation.