access to finance for small and mediumsized enterprises is a widespread problem especially in developing countries but care must also be taken to minimise risks that external funding can contribute to pressure for unsustainable expansion unesco more generally broader progress towards good governance and reducing bureaucracy is important for removing potential barriers to entrepreneurship and enterprise ratten however ongoing and multiple concerns have been raised about employment practices pay and conditions for local and migrant workers in different countries in both of these sectors cottle and rombaldi further intervention may be required in cases where selfregulation enacted through private sector manufacturing supply chains proves ineffective thibault