SME Policy Index: ASEAN 2018

The SME Policy Index is a benchmarking tool for emerging economies to monitor
and evaluate progress in policies that support small and medium-sized
enterprises. The ASEAN SME Policy Index 2018 is a joint effort between the
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East-Asia (ERIA), the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the ASEAN Coordinating
Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME). The report is the
outcome of work conducted by the ten ASEAN Member States (Brunei Darussalam,
Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore,
Thailand and Viet Nam).

Divided into eight policy dimensions, it builds on the previous edition of the
ASEAN SME Policy Index 2014. The current edition presents an updated
methodology which makes this document a powerful tool to assess the strengths
and weaknesses that exist in policy design, implementation, and monitoring and
evaluation for SMEs, and allows for a benchmarking of the level to which the
ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development (SAP SMED) 2016-2025 has been
implemented. Its objective is to enhance the capacity of policy makers to
identify policy areas for future reform, as well as implement reforms in
accordance with international good practices.

The report provides a regional perspective on recent developments in SME-
related policies in Southeast Asia as well as in individual ASEAN Member
States. Based on this analysis the report provides a menu of concrete policy
options for the region and for the individual countries.

*[XVIIIe]: 18e siècle
*[ xix e]: 19e siècle
*[3e]: Troisième