Role of SMEs in Earthquake Relief & Recovery
Role of SMEs in Earthquake Relief & Recovery
August 21, 2023 | Building Markets
This edition of Building Markets’ small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Snapshot focuses on Syrian owned businesses’ willingness and ability to support earthquake relief and recovery efforts in the aftermath of a series of devastating earthquakes in southern Türkiye and Syria in early February 2023 that killed more than 56,000 people and left three million people displaced from their homes. The analysis is based on regularly updated surveys with over 2,500 SMEs in Türkiye, the vast majority (96.1%) owned by and employed by Syrians.