On August 29, IPA Colombia in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá, the National Planning Department, and the World Bank Group, held a workshop titled: Evidence Dialogue on Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development in Colombia. This interactive event brought together leading researchers from the SME and private sector development space, as well as policy and industry decision makers in Colombia.Stakeholders discussed how existing evidence could inform SME policies in Colombia and identified challenges and opportunities for collaboration between researchers and decision-makers to promote productivity and growth.

On August 27, IPA in partnership with the Ministry of Production of Peru held an event entitled Evidence Dialogue on micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) Development in Peru.This half-day workshop featured presentations by academics and decision-makers in government, multilateral organizations, and the private sector.The event aimed to create a space for dialogue around the existing evidence and how it could inform better and more effective MSME policies in Peru, as well as identify challenges and opportunities for collaboration between researchers and decisionmakers to promote growth and productivity of the sector.