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Presented by the OECD Cente for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development at the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum, 24-26 March 2014, Bali, Indonesia.

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SMES, ENTREPRENEURS AND THE WORKING PARTY

OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum – Consultative Meeting: SME Policy 24 March 2014 – Bali, Indonesia

Sergio Arzeni, Director of Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE) Head of the LEED Programme Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Participants:

• 34 OECD member countries

• Key partners, invitees

• International Organisations (EIB, EIF, WB, IFC, ADB, IDB, MIF/FOMIN)

Aims to increase awareness among policymakers about the importance of reducing the bias against SMEs in public policies

• Tax treatment

• R&D Financing

• Export financing

• Risk guarantees provision

Assists countries in the design, implementation and assessment of policies

The Working Party on SMEs and

Entrepreneurs (WPSMEE)

SMEs

• Higher cost of compliance with regulation

• Face problems in access to finance

• But, overprotect incumbents

Entrepreneurs

• New enterprises make economies and societies more dynamic

Why do we care?

• Offers reliable data in an opaque topic

• Participation is free to all countries • Need to nominate an expert with

access to data on debt, equity and general framework conditions to SMEs to compile 13 indicators

• 31 countries in the 2014 edition (from SA: Korea), forthcoming participation of China, Japan and Malaysia

Scoreboard on SME and

Entrepreneurship Finance

WPSMEE Areas of work:

Recent ones:

• Thailand (2011),

• Mexico (2013),

• Italy (2014),

• Russia (2014)

SME Country Reviews

• Seven SME policy assessments completed between 2007-2014:

– SME Policy Index: ASEAN 2014

– SME Policy Index: Middle East and North Africa 2013

– SME Policy Index: Western Balkans and Turkey 2012;

– SME Policy Index: Eastern Europe and the Caucasus 2012;

– SME Policy Index: Western Balkans 2009;

– SME Policy Index: Middle East and North Africa 2008;

– SME Policy Index: Western Balkans 2007.

• In total, the SME Policy Index encompasses 32 countries , mostly medium income countries, which belong to four regions.

Regional Reviews:

The SME Policy Index

SME Innovation

SME Internationalisation

SMEs and Green growth

Alternative sources of finance for SMEs and Entrepreneurs

Role of PFIs in fostering SME access to finance

Thematic studies:

Benchmark of SME policies

Regulation and SMEs

• Main barriers

• Recent policy trends

• Good policy practices

• Recommendations

Forthcoming studies

Knowledge Products for SMEs & Entrepreneurship

Know-how and Policy Formulation

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OECD Global Platform for

SMEs

Evidence-based studies on key challenges facing SMEs, with clear formulation of policy recommendations

Comprehensive international dataset for monitoring SMEs’ and entrepreneurs access to finance over time

Benchmarks of policies for stronger SMEs performance, based on binding constraint analysis and impact evaluation

In-depth country reviews of SMEs policies and issues, both at national and local levels, with peer review mechanism

SMEs Financing Scoreboard

SMEs Policies Outlook

Country Reviews

Thematic Studies

THANK YOU Sergio.arzeni@oecd.org

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