Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

Empire State Development administers Innovate NY as a $47.3 million fund-of-funds program, contracting with eight investment management firms selected through competitive procurement. Each fund…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The South Africa SME Fund operates as a fund of funds, meaning it invests in a portfolio of professionally managed venture capital and growth funds, rather than deploying capital directly to…

Year Introduced: 2022 | Sub-national

At its core, the GROWKS Multi-Fund Equity Program operates as a public-private investment model, blending federal funding from the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) with matching private…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

British Business Investments operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank. It does not lend or invest directly into businesses, but instead invests in finance providers who have…

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The policy mandates that all Central Ministries, Departments, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) procure a minimum of 25% of their annual goods and services from MSEs. Within this 25%, 4% is…

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

At its core, the Economic Freedom Act is guided by four main principles: freedom as a guarantee in the exercise of economic activities, good faith of private parties when dealing with the government…

Year Introduced: 2002 | National-level

The Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) operates as a fully integrated digital platform that manages the entire public procurement process electronically, streamlining operations for both…

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

One of the key aspects of this simplification is the reduction of classification codes for foreign exchange transactions. The Central Bank of Brazil has reduced the number of codes from 174 to 95,…

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

TGIF operates as a fund-of-funds, meaning it does not invest directly in companies but instead allocates its resources to selected venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funds managed by…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

Led by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), BRAP consists of a series of annual action plans where states are evaluated on their reform efforts. BRAP works by…