| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) |
“Small-scale industries” are capable of meeting domestic demand of basic consumer goods such as food, clothes, furniture, etc. However, it has quite limited access to financial services. In order to improve the skill of workers and technology for production, small-scale industrial enterprises require financial support in the form of preferential loan, credit etc. This indicator shows how widely financial institutions are serving the “small scale industries”. Together with the indicator SDG 9.3.1, this indicator reflects the main message of the target 9.3 which promotes to increase the access of “small-scale industries” to financial services. |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation |
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| Definition |
The number of “small-scale manufacturing industry” with an active line of credit or a loan from a financial institution to the total number of such enterprises in the reference year, in percentage. |
| Measuring unit |
% |
| Indicator disaggregation |
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| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) |
Year |
| Related geographical area |
CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment |
Small-scale industry consists of less than 20 employees.
This means the manufacturing industry, C. |
