Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) constitute 95% of the existing economic institutions in Palestine, and are the largest employers. The Palestinian National Authority became aware of the importance of such projects in economic development, so they started various studies on how to support and encourage SMEs. It could be argued that those studies are still in their initial stages and have not been translated into substantial actions or practical steps to find ways to promote SMEs as did neighboring countries such as the Republic of Egypt, which developed a series of different policies on how to promote SMEs. Some of those policies have been translated into legislation, such as the law facilitating the registration process of SMEs known as (One-Stop-shop).
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