This policy paper highlights the crucial role of youth-led green and social enterprises in driving sustainable economic growth and addressing global challenges such as climate change and social inequality. The report emphasizes the significant potential of social enterprises, which globally generate around $2 trillion annually and create nearly 200 million jobs. However, it also identifies major obstacles faced by young green and social entrepreneurs, including limited access to funding, difficulties in market penetration, and complex regulatory frameworks.

The "Alternative Financing for Informal Businesses to Propel Youth Entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa" report is a policy paper jointly authored by Youth Business International (YBI) and Somo, YBI's member organization in Kenya, released in 2024. This comprehensive study highlights the crucial role of informal businesses in sub-Saharan Africa's economy and addresses the significant barriers these enterprises face in scaling up, with a particular focus on women-led informal businesses in Kenya.

The Lilac Review Interim Report, published in May 2024, is part of a government-backed independent review aimed at addressing the inequalities faced by disabled entrepreneurs in the UK. Spearheaded by Small Business Britain, the report highlights significant barriers disabled founders encounter, such as unequal access to funding, business support, and opportunities. It reveals that while disabled entrepreneurs make up 25% of the UK’s small business owners, they contribute only 8.6% of total small business turnover, underscoring systemic challenges.

This report presents the case for supporting deep tech chemistry SMEs in the UK. The study highlights the unique contributions of these innovative companies and reveals the challenges they face in transforming research and development into real-world applications. It emphasizes that deep tech chemistry SMEs are crucial for addressing pressing global challenges and contributing to the UK's innovation missions.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of how major technology companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Nvidia are influencing and supporting the European startup ecosystem. The report highlights a significant increase in Big Tech investments in European startups, particularly in the AI sector, with the value of European VC rounds involving Big Tech rising to $3.1 billion in the first half of 2024, a fivefold increase compared to 2023.

This report examines the critical relationship between firm financing, financial constraints, and overall firm performance. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of 2.5 million private firms, the report highlights how distortions in financial resource allocation can hinder productivity and economic growth, particularly in emerging markets and developing economies.

This report highlights the critical challenges facing the UK's capital markets and their impact on the country's science and technology sectors. The report emphasizes that the UK's public markets are not fit for purpose, requiring bold and immediate reform to prevent the loss of invention and talent to other countries. It outlines several key issues, including chronically low levels of institutional investment and increasing regulatory burdens on businesses and investors.

This policy briefing is a proposal for establishing global digital trade regulations within the World Trade Organization (WTO) framework. This initiative aims to create the first-ever comprehensive set of global rules governing digital commerce, with the goal of streamlining international digital trade and supporting digital inclusiveness and economic growth, particularly for developing and least developed WTO member countries.

The StartupBlink Global Startup Ecosystem Index Report 2024 is a comprehensive analysis of startup ecosystems worldwide, ranking 1,000 cities and 100 countries based on their startup ecosystem strength. This annual report, powered by data from partners like Crunchbase and Semrush, provides valuable insights into the global startup landscape, including regional and industry-specific analyses. The index uses an objective algorithm to evaluate ecosystems based on quantifiable data, offering entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers reliable information to guide decision-making.

The African Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Index (AEEI) is a research tool launched in 2024 to address the critical data gap in African entrepreneurship ecosystems. Developed through a collaboration between the Allan Gray Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship at Stellenbosch University, the i4Policy Foundation, and Utrecht University, the AEEI harnesses big data to provide accurate information about the state of entrepreneurship across the continent.