The World Economic Forum’s Financing Resilience in Post-COVID-19 Manufacturing and Supply Systems report highlights how the pandemic exposed financial vulnerabilities across global value chains, particularly for SMEs. Liquidity shortages, rising costs, and trade barriers forced firms to rethink resilience strategies. The paper outlines three priorities: securing long-term liquidity, supporting vulnerable partners, and building multistakeholder collaborations. Companies are also investing in digital supply chain visibility, risk management, and workforce upskilling to create more adaptive and sustainable systems resilient to future shocks.

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