Paper Instructions

This should be exploratory research, looking for SME challenges and opportunities in the mining sector of Afghanistan. I have collected some materials and summarized in a doc (attached) which should be included. You can use the uploaded materials (articles & books) but the condition is that there have to be at least 20 articles and 5 books as reference. Thesis Format should be as below:
1. An introduction that defines problem statement and/or research question(s), research objective, rationale/significance of the study.
2. Literature review
3. Description of method
4. Data analysis, findings, Result/discussions
5. Conclusion and recommendation
Formatting further includes;
1. Proper in-text and reference citation at APA style
2. Concise and clear abstract/Executive summary ( no more than 500 words)
3. Table of contents
4. List of captioned tables and figures
5. List of acronyms, where appropriate and if necessary