Cross-country data sources
What's in here: Cross-country datasets and reports. Blue-colored entries refer to macro/national-level data; teal entries to firm/subnational-level data; orange entries refer specifically to SME data; and green entries refer to SME projects.
ASIA
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
Association of macroeconomic indicators, trade, investment, data available for
http://www.aseansec.org/1310
Southeast Asian ASEAN Statistics 2003-5 Database including economic data on the ASEAN member states. transportation & communication and tourism ASEAN statistical yearbooks ASEAN members download in html
0.htm
Nations (ASEAN) data or execell format
The 2004 report
includes a special
Population, labor force and employment, chapter discussing
Key Indicators is an annual statistical publication of the Asian Development Bank. national accounts, production, energy, price the various
Asian Development ADB Key Indicators It presents the most current economic, financial and social data on the Bank's indices, money and banking, government http://www.adb.org/Statistics/ki Key Indicators annual statistical About 40 ADB member aspects of poverty -
early 1980s-2004
Bank (ADB) Annual Reports developing member countries. The data is organized in the form of regional and finance, external trade, balance of payments, .asp data books (1999-2004) countries "Poverty in Asia:
country tables. Since 2001, it also features a special thematic chapter. international reserves, exchange rates, Measurement,
external indebtedness Estimates, and
Prospects".
(1) Selected Poverty and Related
Indicators. April 2001. Available in
Indicators include, when available (for 1990 PDF format:
and the most recent year): Mid-year (http://www.adb.org/Documents/ED
population, Annual growth rate of population, RC/Statistics/Poverty/SPI.pdf).
Life expectancies at birth, Per Capita GNP in Also available in Excel format:
US$, Poverty incidence (national, rural, urban) (http://www.adb.org/Statistics/Povert
ADB is undertaking a review of the current status of poverty measurement and
based on the national poverty line, Income y/ctry.asp). (2) Fighting Poverty
ADB Poverty and data availability in each developing member country, and is building a database
Asian Development ratio, Gini coefficient, Adult literacy rates, http://www.adb.org/Statistics/p in Asia and the Pacific: The Poverty About 40 ADB member
Development Indicators 1990-2001 of key poverty indicators. The poverty database is being built which will include:
Bank (ADB) Gross primary school enrollment ratios, ov_dev_indicators.asp Reduction Strategy of the Asian countries
reports Selected poverty and social indicators, a list of key documents, an inventory of
Maternal mortality rate, Infant mortality rate, Development Bank. January 2004.
household surveys and censuses.
Child malnutrition, Population with access to The paper spells out the steps to be
safe water (rural, urban), Population with taken to support development of
access to sanitation (rural / urban), Technical specific poverty reduction strategies
note on poverty measurement, Main source of for each borrowing country (revised
poverty data 3 years later). Available:
(http://www.adb.org/Documents/Poli
cies/Poverty_Reduction/default.asp)
United Nations Population stats, health education and culture
Asia-Pacific In Figures is intended for those who need to know at a glance the indicators; econ indicators; trade, transport
Economic and Social
1980, 1990, 1995, basic features and trends in the region. The explanatory notes provided should and tourism indicators; fin indicators, labor http://www.unescap.org/stat/da
Commission for Asia Asia-Pacific Figures about 60 countries
2000, 2002, 2003 facilitate an understnading of the data, which cover many important socio- force and production indicators; natural ta/apif/
and the Pacific
economic aspects of development. resources and environment; human devel
(UNESCAP)
index
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Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, Canada, China, Taipei,
contribution of SMEs to the APEC economy, Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium The purpose of this report is to provide a profile of the state of SMEs in APEC.
contribution to total employment, contribution http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Wherever possible, it seeks to give an overview of the level of SME activity at Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
to private sector jobs, contribution of micro, c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 three time points: from the outset of APEC in the early 1990s; just before the APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
small and medium SMEs to employment, small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in "Asian Crisis" in 1997; and the latest data available, which is generally about 2003)
changes in the relative composition by size of html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000 1998, 1999 or 2000.
SMEs in APEC, contribution to employment Philippines, Russia,
by SMEs by major industry sector, Long term Singapore, Thailand,
trends, growth and dynamics of SMEs in USA, Vietnam
APEC, comparison of growth in the number of
SMEs, employment in SMEs, GDP growth,
and total employment growth, etc.
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
The overall objective of SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) is to
stimulate growth, increase employment and reduce poverty by increasing the
The SouthAsia number, profitability and growth rates of SMEs in Bangladesh, Northeast India,
Enterprise Bhutan and Nepal. They have a poverty monitoring team which seeks to study Bangladesh, Northeast
WB/IFC various SME projects http://www.sedf.org/
Development Facility the effects of SMEs on poverty (through interviewing farmers, small producers, India, Bhutan and Nepal
(SEDF) RMG workers, business membership organisations etc who are indirectly
affected by SEDF's interventions at the firm and the market levels). no data is
available yet.
PEDF supports development of viable small and medium-sized private sector
The Pacific Enterprise businesses, as a means of stimulating sustainable economic growth and
http://www2.ifc.org/sme/html/p
WB/IFC Development Facility 2003-2006 productive employment in the South Pacific region. Established 1990, PEDF was SME projects South Pacific Islands
edf.html
(PEDF) created to accelerate the development of productive private sector enterprises
sponsored and owned by South Pacific island entrepreneurs.
Eastern Indonesia:
Program for Eastern Established in 2003. It improves access to finance, the business enabling
Kalimantan, Sulawesi,
IFC Indonesia SME ongoing environment, develop sustainable supply chain and provide linkages in the SME projects http://www.ifc.org/pensa
Bali, East Nusa
Assistance (PENSA) agribusiness, oil, gas and mining, handicraft industries.
Tenggara
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LATIN AMERICA
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
United Nations social development and welfare indicators,
Economic 25 Latin American and
population, trade, national accounts, domestic
Commission for Latin Economic and Social http://www.eclac.cl/estadistica Caribbean member
1990-2005 Statistical Yearbooks for Latin America and the Carribean 2001-2004. prices, external indeptedness, natural
America and the Statistics Series s/default.asp?idioma=IN countries, including
resources, infrastructure, employment, social
Carribean Bolivia, Brazil and Peru
conditions, etc.
(UNECLAC)
Latin America and the
Health, Education, Environment, Democracy,
Caribbean: Selected Online Socio-Economic database - organized by socio-economic sector and by http://qesdb.cdie.org/lac/index.
USAID 1997-2003 Economy, Trade, Investment, Assistance,
Economic and Social region html
Poverty
Data 2004
Abstract: This study is being published with the sole objective of contributing to Includes data arranged into 9 main topics:
the debate on a topic of importance to the region, and to elicit comments and Number of firms, Employment, Turnover
http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
Inter-American suggestions from interested parties. This paper has not gone through the and/or added value, SME Policies, Informal Available only in
SME Observatory 1993-1998 blication/publication_159_4004 25 countries
Development Bank Department’s peer review process or undergone consideration by the SDS Sector, Financing, Technology and Innovation, Spanish.
_e.htm
Management Team. As such, it does not reflect the official position of the Inter- Exports, Entrepreneurial dynamism (birth and
American Development Bank. deaths of companies).
"SME Indicators". Publication
includes some SME stats number of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,
SMEs, definitions of SMEs, Colombia, Costa Rica, El
varies by the employment, etc) but is only
FUNDES SME projects FUNDES seeks to promote the competitiveness of the SME in Latin America SME projects http://home.fundes.org/ Salvador, Guatemala, in Spanish
country available in Spanish. Mexico, Panama,
IFC SME Development The facility's objective is to promote private sector development by supporting
Programs- Latin SMEs and to contribute to poverty reduction in the region. Initially serving Bolivia, http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/lac.nsf/ Bolivia, Honduras,
IFC - SME projects
America and the Peru, Nicaragua, and Honduras, the facility will be expanding its geographic Content/SMEfacility Nicaragua, Peru
Carribean Facility scope throughout the region in FY05.
Eurasia, Africa
(Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
FINCA International seeks to create employment, raise family incomes, and
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite
reduce poverty worldwide. Since then, FINCA has been working through a
International 1100 |
ImpAct ongoing network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions in 23 countries, offering microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America
Community Assistance Washington, DC
savings and lending services to poor families using 'village banking' group- (Mexico, Guatemala,
(FINCA) 20005 , Tel
lending methodology. El Salvador,
202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
Haiti, Honduras)
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EAST/CENTRAL EUROPE
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
Variables: Management control, ownership
Abstract: The Report is based on the results of a survey of some 33 developing
restrictions, performance requirements,
countries, conducted in co-operation with the United Nations and the ICC
sectorial licensing, foreign transaction
(International Chamber of Commerce). The study covers the years from 1997 to
restrictions, intellectual property and
1999 and is the third in a series (the first survey covered 1987 to 1992, the
remunerations, inconsistent regulation,
second 1993 to 1996). The Report demonstrates that over the last three years, 33 developing countries,
ponderous control, technology policy,
The European Round Stockholm Institute of the 33 developing countries surveyed have continued to open up their economies Improved Investment Conditions - including (from our target
personnel-related, nationalization risk, closing http://www.ert.be/pf/enf_frame.
Table of Industrialists - Transition Economics to private investment, and to deregulate and modernise the rules and institutions Third survey on improvements in group) Bangladesh, link to the article,
1997-1999 a business, tax system, price controls, htm (the link to the article is
Improved Investment (SITE) - Eastern relevant to business and adapt them to global requirements. The Report maps conditions for investment in the Brazil, Ethiopia, not the actual data
protectionism, domestic finance, restriction on under the North-South section)
Conditions Surveys Europe Survey Data out areas where progress has been particularly significant and also identifies developing world (June 2000). Indonesia, Philippines,
distribution, legal system, administration
some of the impediments that still remain. Topics include foreign direct Uganda
inefficiency, labour legislation, corruption,
investment conditions, macroeconomics, institutions, local private sector, labour,
political instability and elasticity, insufficient
background, living conditions and others. The main purpose of the survey is to
importance, attitudes, quality, labor
assess the progress made in the improvement of conditions for foreign
qualifications, labor attitudes, labor politicized
investments in the countries surveyed.
unions, environment, security, war and others.
Variables: Private sector share of GDP,
private sector share of employment, private
sector credit as a share of GDP (flow), private
sector investment as a share of GDP, total
A database providing annual macro cross-section data for 1990 to 1997 on the
number of enterprises privatized each year, 27 post-communist
degree of progress towards full privatization of industry made by transition
ECA Privatization and 1990 - 1995, 1996 total number of new business establishments, http://www.worldbank.org/ecsp countries, including
World Bank economies. Enterprise privatization is broken down by large and small as well as
Restructuring Database - 2000 tax arrears as a share of GDP, bank arrears f/PSD-Yearbook/ Romania and Bosnia-
by ownership (foreign, public, joint venture, private).
as a share of GDP, total number of registered Hercegovina
enterprises, total number of industrial
enterprises, revenues from privatization, total
employment by sector, investment, enterprise
arrears.
Variables: Financial instability, inadequate
infrastructure, excessive taxes/regulation,
policy instability, inflation, exchange rate
The World Bank 1999 Business The 1999 BEEPS is the transition economies component of the ongoing World includes 26 post-
depreciation, malfunctioning of the judiciary,
Institute & The Environment and Business Environment Survey and assesses in detail the various dimensions of communist countries and the data available
corruption, street crime/theft/disorder, http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/
European Bank for Enterprise Performance 1996 - 2000 governance from the perspective of about 3,000 firms in 20 countries. The survey Turkey – from our target for download is
organized crime/mafia, governance obstacles governance/beeps.htm
Reconstruction and Survey (BEEPS), design permits an in-depth empirical analysis of governance and corruption, group: Bosnia and aggregate data.
index, parliamentary legislation, presidential
Development Aggregate Data unbundling governance into its component dimensions. Romania
decrees, central bank, criminal courts, political
party finance, commercial courts, state
capture index.
Variables: Security of property: use of courts,
burden of government, under-reporting; total
cost of doing business: phone lines, initial
enterprise registration, continuing registration, Johnson S., McMillan J., Woodruff Free of charge,
fire sanitary inspector, tax inspector; initial C. ''Entrepreneurs and the Ordering contact
Micro cross-section datasets containing survey data collected in 1997 from
European Bank for finance in spin-off and start-up firms: sources of Institutional Reform: Poland, researcher,
Eastern Europe Survey Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, and Romania from a total of 1,400 similar http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/eco Poland, Slovak Republic,
Reconstruction and 1996 - 2000 of initial finance, sources of initial loans, trade Slovakia, Romania, Russia and http://www-
Data, 1997 firms with number of employees ranging from 7 to 370 in similar cities from the no/wp0044.pdf Russia, Ukraine
Development (EBRD) credit, expectation and realization of returns Ukraine Compared. Economics of irps.ucsd.edu/acad
five countries.
on investments sources of start-up of firms, Transition. March 2000. EBRD emics/f-woodruff-
average number of workers in first year, publications. cv.php
development of market influence, number of
firms, employment, firms with change in
employment; and others.
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SMEs in Countries in Transition
(2001) – excellent publication -
discusses legislative aspects by
countries, SME supporting
measures and institutions, SWOT
(Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats) analysis for
each country, SME statistics
The overall goal of the UNECE Strategy for SME Development is to
United Nations Enterpreneurship and (Number of Different Types of
expand income opportunities in economies in transition through
Economic SME development in links to SME policies, legislation, case http://www.unece.org/indust/s Economic Units at the end of 2000 – Includes 27 E/CE
- sustainable and dynamic SME development. The objective is to promote
Commission for Countries of Transition studies, papers, etc me/ece-sme.htm 2001, Number of Incorporated countries
the conditions that are necessary for the growth and development of the
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs at the end of 2000 – 2001,
SME sector.
Employment in Incorporated SMEs
and in Total Economy at the end of
2000 –2001, Structure of
Incorporated SMEs by Sectors at
the end of 2000 – 2001, Index of
SMEs Development). Available:
http://www.unece.org/indust/sme/sm
epubli.pdf
Austria, Belgium,
company profiles - including name and legal http://www.informest.it/look-
an interactive SME Database containing almost 500 company profiles from 9 Bulgaria, Greece,
EU-Look East Net sme database various status, field of activity, company details, east/database/smedatabase.a
European Countries Hungary, Italy, Romania,
markets, no longitudinal data sp
Spain, Slovenia
SME statistics; Data from the ENSR
Enterprise Surveys; Bibliographies on the the former 15 EU
The Observatory of European SMEs was established by the Commission in
topics covered by the various reports; SME Member States,plus
European Observatory of December 1992 in order to improve the monitoring of the economic performance http://www.eim.nl/Observatory
1999-2003 organisations in each of the nineteen Norway, Iceland,
Commission European SMEs of SMEs in Europe. Its task is to provide information on SMEs to policy-makers, _Seven_and_Eight/start.htm
countries; Links to websites of a large number Liechtenstein and
researchers, economists and SMEs themselves.
of organisations relevant to SME and SME Switzerland
policy in Europe and beyond
Southeast Europe SEED is a new multi-donor initiative managed by IFC to strengthen ;
Albania, Bosnia,
This program was known as the Balkan Enterprise Facility during its Yugoslavia, Macedonia
Development (SEED)
initial planning.
Azerbaijan, Belarus,
The Private Enterprise Partnership is IFC’s business advisory program in the
Georgia, Kazakhstan,
IFC Private Enterprise countries of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Azerbaijan, Belarus,
IFC ongoing SME projects http://www.ifc.org/pep Kyrgyz Republic, Russia,
Partnership Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and
Tajikistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan and, most recently, Mongolia.
Uzbekistan, Mongolia
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AFRICA
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/d
Part one gives cross-country statistics on
Selected Statistics on African Countries 2005, is an annual publication of the ocs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/
African Development Selected Statistics on selected indicators. Part two provides country-
annual African Development Bank, presenting data on major development indicators of DOCUMENTS/STATISTICS/P
Bank (AfDB) African Countries 2005 specific time series data on all the countries in
African economies. OCKETBOOK%202005_WEB
the continent.
.PDF
Most of the indicators shown are selected http://www.afdb.org/pls/portal/d
from the other Bank publications: ocs/PAGE/ADB_ADMIN_PG/
The ADB Statistics Pocketbook 2005, presents summary economic and social Compendium of Statistics on Bank Group DOCUMENTS/STATISTICS/S
African Development The ADB Statistics ELECTED%202005_WEB.PD
annual data on regional member countries and on the operational activities of the African Operations, Gender, Poverty and
Bank (AfDB) Pocketbook 2005
Development Bank Group. Environmental Indicators on African Countries F
and Selected Statistics on African Countries
which contain more detailed information.
The Africa RPED is an ongoing research project with the overall purpose of The methodological approach consists of
RPED has thus far
generating business knowledge and policy advise useful to private sector conducting a survey of firms in the
carried out surveys in
manufacturing development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The mandate of the Regional manufacturing (and other sectors). About 400
LOTS of documents and links: Kenya, Tanzania,
Africa Regional Program on Enterprise Development is to carry out Investment Climate firms are surveyed from the population of
http://www1.worldbank.org/rpe Eritrea, Ethiopia, Cote
private sector in any given country or region. Surveys carried out every 3-5 years finance, training and skill building, impact of
d'Ivoire, Cameroon,
will help determine whether the private sector is growing and whether HIV on private sector, characteristics of the
Senegal, and Mauritius.
government policies have had a positive impact on firm productivity. business environment, barriers to exports
Contains survey data, collected in several steps. Wave 1 was undertaken in
August 1993 (data relates to 1992); wave 2 was undertaken in October 1994
Regional Programme (data relates to 1993); wave 3 was undertaken in January 1996 (data is from “Firm Growth, Productivity and
Economic and Social Firm-level data, including firms growth,
on Enterprise 1995 and 1994). Total sample size was 217 firms in Wave 1, 213 firms for Wave http://www.esrftz.org/pdf/firmgr Earnings in Tanzanian
Research Foundation 1992-1998 productivity, export behavior, earnings, Tanzania
Development Survey 2 and 152 firms for Wave 3. The Wave 4 attempted to revisit all of the firms owth.pdf Manufacturing 1992-1999”. January
(ESRF) survival rate, etc.
(RPED) which had been interviewed as part of the RPED surveys and for which there was 2002.
no clear evidence that these firms had ceased to exist (a total of 189 enterprises).
Where possible, data was collected for 1996, 1997, 1998.
The Relative Importance of SME's
in the South African Economy: An
Analysis of Issues and
Quantification of Magnitudes. In
Access to Finance in South Africa:
Contains information on "micro, very small, small, and medium" enterprises
National Treasury of National Treasury number of employees, total annual turnover, A Supply-Side Regulatory Review.
annual organized by sectors (agriculture, mining, manufacturing, utilities, construction, http://www.treasury.gov.za/ South Africa not very extensive
South Africa (NTSA) Database total gross asset value, business profiles National Treasury of South Africa,
etc)
Task Group of the Policy Board for
Financial Services and Regulation,
Pretoria. Available:
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The African Women in http://www.afdb.org/portal/pag Ethiopia, Kenya,
African Development The AWIB program focuses on assisting andpromoting African Women in growth- Tanzania
Business (AWIB) ongoing SME projects e?_pageid=0,104069&_dad=p
Bank (AfDB) oriented SMEs
Program ortal&_schema=PORTAL
African Project The Africa Project Development Facility (APDF) is a donor-funded facility which http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/apd Sub-Saharan Africa
IFC ongoing SME project
Development facility provides a full range of services to the African SME sector. f.nsf/Content/AboutUs
APDF was established in 1986 as a multi-donor initiative helping African small SME projects http://www2.ifc.org/sme/html/a Sub-saharan Africa
and medium enterprises ( SMEs) to develop "bankable" business plans and pdf.html
The Africa Project secure project financing. Headquartered in Johannesburg, with regional hubs in
WB/IFC Development Facility ongoing Abidjan, Accra, Johannesburg and Nairobi, and offices in Lagos and Cape Town,
(APDF) it facilitates access to a wide set of business development services for local
SMEs and the organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Eurasia, Africa
(Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
FINCA International seeks to create employment, raise family incomes, and
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite
reduce poverty worldwide. Since then, FINCA has been working through a
International 1100 |
ImpAct ongoing network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions in 23 countries, offering microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America
Community Assistance Washington, DC
savings and lending services to poor families using 'village banking' group- (Mexico, Guatemala,
(FINCA) 20005 , Tel
lending methodology. El Salvador,
202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
Haiti, Honduras)
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
The North Africa
Enterprise The North Africa Enterprise Development facility was established in September http://www2.ifc.org/sme/html/n
WB/IFC ongoing SME projects Morocco, Algeria, Egypt
Development facility 2002 to support small businesses in Egypt, Morocco and Algeria. aed.html
(NAED)
Afghanistan, Algeria,
Bahrain, Arab Republic
Established in 2004 by combining the North Africa Enterprise Development of Egypt, Islamic
facility and the Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East. The new facility Republic of Iran, Iraq,
Private Enterprise focuses on improving the business enabling and regulatory environment, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Partnership for the strengthening the financial sector, harnessing the growth of small and medium http://ifcln1.ifc.org/ifcext/apdf.n Libya, Morocco, Oman,
IFC ongoing SME projects
Middle East and North size enterprises and their support services such as business organizations and sf/Content/AboutUs Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,
Africa (PEP-MENA) consulting firms, helping restructure and privatize state-owned enterprises, and Syrian Arab Republic,
developing viable private sector and public-private partnership projects, Tunisia, United Arab
especially in infrastructure. Emirates, West Bank
and Gaza, Republic of
Yemen
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 7 of 57
GLOBAL
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
Also includes information on
Each country table provides data on 32 basic indicators, organized in five income/consumption surveys conducted
sections: population, poverty, environment, income, income/consumption recently, as well as information on http://wbln0018.worldbank.org/
The World Bank Poverty Monitoring
various distribution and social indicators. Social indicators include public expenditures, participatory poverty assessments conducted dg/povertys.nsf/DownloadSID?
Group database
net primary school enrollment rate, access to safe water, immunization rate, life by the World Bank and other institutions openform
expectancy at birth, and mortality. (information is searchable by regions and
countries)
Variables: Real per capita GDP, real per
capita GDP growth, population, growth in
population, investment to GDP at PPP, terms Easterly, William; Kraay, Aart,
of trade shock, unweighted terms of trade ''Small States, Small Problems? Dataset is included
Small States, Small Cross-national, cross-sectional study on income, growth, and volatility in small http://www.worldbank.org/rese
The World Bank 1960 - 1995 shock, secondary school enrollment rates, Income, Growth and Volatility in global as item number 17
Problems Database states for 1960 to 1995. 176 countries included in the study. arch/growth/paauthor.htm
IMF indicator of capital account restrictions, Small States.'' World Development. on the page.
institutional investor risk ratings, trade November 2000.
openness, financial openness, capital inflows,
etc.
Variables: Land area, black market exchange
rate premium, growth in capital stock, ratio of
Article/Working
deposit banks domestic assets to deposit
Paper: King,
banks and central bank, index of civil liberties,
Robert G.; Levine,
ratio central government corporate income tax
Ross, ''Finance,
Finance, revenue to GDP, currency held outside of
Macro time series datasets from 1960 to 1989 containing banking and finance entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship and banks as a share of GDP, ratio of private http://www.worldbank.org/rese
The World Bank 1960 - 1989 data as well as socio-economic information. The main focus of the study is to and growth:
Growth: Theory and domestic assets to total domestic assets, ratio arch/growth/ddkile93.htm
examine the causal relationship between financial systems and economic growth. Theory and
Evidence of gross claims on the private sector by
evidence.'' Journal
central bank a.k.a. private and deposit banks
of Monetary
to GDP, ratio central government defense
Economics.
expenditure to GDP, ratio central government
December 1993.
deficit to GDP, direct foreign investment
inflows to GDP, etc.
Abstract: Countries with better institutions and countries that trade more grow
faster. Countries with better institutions also tend to trade more. These 3 stylized http://econ.worldbank.org/prog
Institutions, Trade and facts have been documented extensively. The paper investigates the partial published in Journal of Monetary
The World Bank 2002 rams/macroeconomics/dataset
Growth Dataset effects of institutions and trade on growth and finds support for an important joint Economics (2002)
s/data?id=22192
role for both trade and institutions in the very long run but relatively larger role for
trade in the short term.
Friedrich Schneider. 2002. SIZE
AND MEASUREMENT OF THE
Estimates of the size of the informal economy in 110 developing, transition and INFORMAL ECONOMY IN 110
OECD countries are presented. The average size of the informal economy, as a
Schneider - Size of http://rru.worldbank.org/Docum COUNTRIES AROUND THE 110 developing,
percent of official GNI in the year 2000, in developing countries is 41%, in
WB informal economy in 2000 WB paper/data ents/PapersLinks/informal_eco WORLD. Paper presented at an transition and OECD
transition countries 38% and in OECD countries 18%. A large burden of taxation Workshop of Australian National
110 countries nomy.pdf countries
and social security contributions combined with government regulations are the Tax Centre, ANU, Canberra,
main determinants of the size of the informal economy. Australia, July 17, 2002, financed by
the Doing Business project of the
World Bank.
Some other WB databases that are related to growth and may be of potential Most of them can be accessed
interest include: Growth is Good for the Poor dataset (2002), Life During Growth here
The World Bank
dataset (1999), Governance Indicators for dataset (1996-2002), Global
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 8 of 57
labor force participation rate, employment-to-
population ratio, status in employment,
employment by sector, part-time workers,
Includes data for over 200 countries. The volume employs an expanded, up-to-
hours of work, informal sector employment,
date range of 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare
unemployment, youth employment, long-term
and contrast between economies and within regions across time. Using statistical
Key Indicators of the unemployment, unemployment by eductaional http://www.ilo.org/public/englis
International Labor 1980, 1990, 1995, data on the labour force, employment, unemployment, underemployment,
Labor Market (KILM) attainment, time-related unemployment, h/employment/strat/kilm/indica global fee-based ($125)
Organization (ILO) 2000-2005 educational attainment of the workforce, wages and compensation, productivity
database inactivity rate, educationa; attainment and ts.htm
and labour costs, labour market flows, and poverty and income distribution as
illiteracy, manufacturing wage trends,
market indicators, it enables users to access the most current information
occupational wage and earning indices, hourly
available. Maps and graphics are used throughout to highlight key points.
compensation costs, labor productivity and
unit labor costs, labor market flows, poverty
and incoome distribution
The World Economic Outlook presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of
economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by
region, stage of development, etc.), and in many individual countries. It focuses Aggregate and country-level indicators:
World Economic 1970-2005
on major economic policy issues as well as on the analysis of economic GDP(gross), GDP (PPP), inflation, world http://www.imf.org/external/pub
IMF Outlook Database, (depending on global
developments and prospects. It is usually prepared twice a year, as trade, world exports of goods and services, s/ft/weo/1999/01/data/
1999 specific indicators)
documentation for meetings of the International Monetary and Financial world imports, etc
Committee, and forms the main instrument of the IMF’s global surveillance
activities.
Variables: Volume, origin and types of aid and
other resource flows; individual aid activities
on bilateral and multilateral Official
Development Assistance (ODA) or Official Aid
commitments by sector type, donors,
International free access to data
Annual macro time series comparative statistics and information on international recipient, with textual and numerical http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/
OECD Development Statistics, 1960-2001 information on projects; amount and 160+ countries but need to
development of each country for 1960 to 2001. 50/17/5037721.htm
1960 - 2001 composition of the external debt of 168 register
recipient countries; key development
indicators; numerous aid charts for
Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
members, recipient countries/territories and
regions.
annual data on total population, density, Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), GDP per capita,
value added in agriculture, industry and
services (% GDP), household disposable
income per capita and savings, net lending
and tax receipts for general government,
Statistical portal containing detailed data on 25 topics, including environment, http://www.oecd.org/statsportal
investment, standardised unemployment mostly OECD and
OECD Statistics Portal 1986 - 2005 trade, labor, agriculture, social and welfare, technology, et al. from 1986 to the /0,2639,en_2825_293564_1_1
rates, male & female participations rates, long- Eurozone
present. _1_1_1,00.html
term unemployment, labour productivity, total
primary energy supply, CO2 emissions,
foreign direct investment flows (inwards &
outwards), international trade (exports,
imports of goods and services in % GDP,
average annual growth) etc, etc
The Aid activity database of the DAC (CRS) contains information on financial
flows for official development assistance. It provides a set of basic data that can
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/
OECD Aid Activity Database 1973-now be used to analyse where aid goes, what purposes it serves and what policies it global
50/15/5037782.htm
supports. Users can find data at the level of individual projects or in the form of
summary statistics.
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 9 of 57
Development
This database provides data on the volume, origin and types of aid and other
Assistance Committee
resource flows to over 180 recipients. It includes each recipient's intake of Official
(DAC) Online database: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/
OECD 1973-now Development Assistance (ODA), Official Aid (OA), Other Official and Private global
Annual aggregated 50/16/5037775.htm
Funding from Members of the DAC, multilateral agencies and other donors. Key
statistics on aid and
development indicators are also provided for reference.
other resource flows
Databases with unrestricted access include: population and housing censuses,
United Nations http://unstats.un.org/unsd/data
Statistical databases - population and vital statistics, social indicators, millenium indicators database, demographic, social, and development data global
Statistics Division bases.htm
etc.
United Nations
Human Development Global assessment of country achievements in different areas of human Annual Human Development
Development 1975-1990-2005 international, national or sub-national data http://hdr.undp.org/statistics/ global
Report Statistics development, plus thematic analysis in the chapters Reports
Programme (UNDP)
UNCTAD produces statistical
publications such as Development
Countries, polulation and econ trends;
United Nations and Globalization: Facts and
GlobStat (Development GlobStat provides unrestricted free access to key statistics presented in easy-to- external finance, debt and FDI; trasnational
Conference on Trade http://globstat.unctad.org/html/i Figures, the Handbook of Statistics,
and Globalization: 1980-2002 read tables and charts complemented by concise explanations. For users who corporations and foreign affiliates; intl trade in global
and Development ndex.html the World Investment Directory, and
Facts and Figures) require more detailed information, UNCTAD offers on-line databases. merchandise and services; production and intl
(UNCTAD) the Handbook of World Mineral
trade of commodities; etc
Trade Statistics; some publications
include a CD-ROM version.
90+ countries, including Download the
University of whole database
Brazil, Peru, Bangladesh,
Groningen - The Total Economy Database includes at most 99 countries from 1950 onwards. Real Gross Domestic Product, Population, with all countries
Total Economy Indonesia, Philippines,
Groningen Growth These countries represent about 93 per cent of the world population and, as in Employment, Annual Working Hours, GDP http://www.ggdc.net/index- and variables in
Database, January 1950-2004/2005 Ethiopia,
and Development particular the smaller and poorer countries are not in the data base, the sample per Capita, GDP per Person Employed, GDP dseries.html#top one excell file
2005 Bosnia&Hercegovina,
Centre and The represents an even larger share of world GDP (almost 98%). per hour - for
UNU-WIDER World inequality statistics, including the Gini
World Institute for The UNU/WIDER World Income Inequality Database (WIID) collects and stores
Income Inequality coefficient, quintile and decile shares, survey http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/
development 1960-2003 information on income inequality for developed, developing, and transition global, 152 countries
Database, Version means, medians, income shares of the richest wiid.htm
Economics Research countries.
2.0a, June 2005 5% and the poorest 5%
International Trade Statistics Report
Trade data organized into 2 sections: The Trade Profiles section provides 2004. Available:
population, GDP, current account balance,
WTO statistics predefined information leaflets on the trade situation of members, observers and http://stat.wto.org/Home/WSD http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/sta
WTO trade per capita, trade to GDP ratio, exports,
database other selected economies; the Time Series section allows an interactive data BHome.aspx?Language= tis_e/its2004_e/its04_toc_e.htm -
imports, commercial services trade,
retrieval of trade statistics. Includes links to reports for 1998-
2003
University of Variables covered include value added in
Groningen - The 60-Industry Database provides a comprehensive internationally comparable current and constant prices, value added
60-Industry Database, http://www.ggdc.net/index-
Groningen Growth 1979-2002 dataset on industrial performance at a detailed industry level for OECD countries deflators, persons engaged, number of OECD, Taiwan
February 2005 dseries.html#top
and Development and Taiwan. The data cover 56 industries for the period 1979-2002. employees, hours worked, labour productivity
Centre and labour compensation.
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 10 of 57
Comparisons of manufacturing output and
productivity, which are based on unit value
ratio comparisons and disaggregated into 16
Abstract: The ICOP Industry Database provides estimates of comparative
University of International manufacturing branches, are available for
productivity levels by industry, which are compiled within the framework of the full-database
Groningen - Comparisons of Output almost all of the 30 countries. Comparisons
International Comparisons of Output and Productivity project. We now provide http://www.ggdc.net/index-
Centre Industrial Database for a smaller group of countries. Comparisons
South America.
for all sectors of the economy, adding up to
total GDP, are available for Brazil, Japan,
Korea, Mexico and the United States.
Consumer price indexes, economically active
population, employment (children, general,
Main ILO database on labour statistics covering economically active population
informal, paid, public sector), gender, hours of
(data since 1945), employment, underemployment, employment by sex for
International Labor Labor statistics work, household expenditure, household http://www.ilo.org/public/englis
1969-2005 detailed occupational groups (1970-2000), public sector employment, statistical global
Organization (ILO) (LABORSTA) income, labor cost, labor market flows, labor h/bureau/stat/portal/index.htm
sources and metods, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices,
migration, productivity, occupational injuries,
occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts (data since 1969).
poverty, retail food prices, wages,
unemployment, etc
Each entry contains information about the
A Resource Database containing more than 200 resources, ranging from policy resource, relevance to local development
Resource Database on
papers and studies to manuals and guidelines, that directly or indirectly focus on processes, certain substance issues, users, Includes papers/reports
International Labor Poverty, Local http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresou
2000-2005 poverty from a macro-level perspective and/or from a local development and beneficiaries, as well as a brief summary on Bangladesh, Bolivia,
Organization (ILO) Development and rces/dwbrowse.home
perspective within the ILO's decent work framework. The majority of these of the contents. The resources can be Ethiopia, and Indonesia
Decent Work
resources have been published over the past five years by the ILO. accessed electronically, in PDF format, or
through links to the relevant ILO website.
This database includes comprehensive information on private sector initiatives
The database features corporate policies and
Business and Social which address labour and social conditions in the workplace and in the
International Labor reports, codes of conduct, accreditation and http://www.ilo.org/public/englis
Initiatives database - community where enterprises operate. It allows you to undertake customized global
Organization (ILO) certification criteria, and labelling and other h/employment/multi/basi.htm
(BASI) searches to retrieve information on specific companies and organizations,
programmes.
countries, regions, business sectors and labour and employment issues
Variables: Total assets, gross loan portfolio,
total equity, savings, return on assets, return
Macro time series database containing annual data on microfinance in 76 on equity, operational self-sufficiency,
countries. The database was set up to facilitate information exchanges and personnel productivity, number of active
Microfinance 1996 - 2000, 2001 investment flows, promote transparency, and improve reporting standards in the clients, average outstanding loan size, loans http://www.mixmarket.org/en/h
- 76 countries
Information Exchange - 2005 microfinance industry. Data covers outreach and impact data, financial data, below US$300, women borrowers percentage, ome_page.asp
audited financial statements, general and contact information, donor/investor location of investment, type of funds, eligible
portfolio data, country information and others. investees, type of instruments, type of market
facilitators, type of services, development
programs, regulatory agencies, and others.
fee-based database; The data is arranged according to the ISIC at the three-digit http://www.unido.org/data/regi
Variables: Value added, output, wages and
United Nations level, which provides for the inclusion of 29 industries (see Table 2) in the ons.cfm?area=GLO See
Before 1990, 1990 salaries, gross fixed capital formation (all in
Industrial Industrial Statistics manufacturing sector. Information refers to each of the following items and is also:
- 1995, 1996 - current prices), number of establishments, global fee-based
Development Database presented by country, year and ISIC category: number of establishments, http://www.unido.org/doc/5031
2000 employment, females employed and
Organization (UNIDO) employment, wages and salaries, output, value added, gross fixed capital 4.htmls See also:
production indexes.
formation, number of female employees and production indexes. http://www.unido.org/doc/3531
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 11 of 57
The database is
Variables: Number of establishments, number
only accessible to
of enterprises, average number of persons
the University of
engaged, average number of employees,
Micro, Time series data. The data contained on the CD-Rom represents the Michigan
wages and salaries of employees,
entire dataset of General Industrial Statistics for more than 250 countries and community.
from the early supplements to wages and salaries, average
United Nations General Industrial covers the period from 1953 to 1993. The data presented was derived from http://unstats.un.org/unsd/indu Interested users
1950s to 1990, number of operatives, wages and salaries of 250+ countries
Statistics Division Statistics replies from yearly questionnaires distributed to countries’ statistical offices. The stry/publications.htm should contact
1990 to 1995 operatives, hours worked by operatives, days
index numbers of industrial production were obtained from replies to quarterly Davidson Data
worked by operatives, quantity of electricity
questionnaires. Center
consumed, output in factor values, output in
(DDCN@bus.umic
producers’ prices, output, cost of goods and
h.edu) to use the
industrial services consumed, etc.
database.
WBES 2000 is a survey of over 10,000 firms in 80 countries that examines a Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
wide range of interactions between firms and the state. It is based on face-to-face taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
interviews with firm managers and owners in late 1999 and early 2000. This cross- instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
country, enterprise-based micro timeseries dataset for 2000 contain enterprises' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
response to multiple questions on the investment climate and business quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
environment as shaped by domestic economic policy, governance; regulatory, infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
infrastructural and financial impediments; as well as assessments of public investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
service quality. business environment.
contains data on the investment climate in 55 countries, based on surveys of
Investment Climate Variables: total assets, total sales, net profit http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest 55 countries, including all
The World Bank 2002 more than 26,000 firms. The surveys provide indicators of firm productivity and
Survey database and employment in a period of 2 years mentClimate/ our targets
performance.
Seven topics currently available (Starting a
The database provides objective measures of business regulations and their Business, Hiring and Firing Workers,
Doing Business enforcement. The indicators are comparable across more than 130 economies. Registering Property, Getting Credit, http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
The World Bank - Includes 145 countries
database They indicate the regulatory costs of business and can be used to analyze Protecting Investors, Enforcing Contracts, and Business/
specific regilations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth. Closing a Business) are benchmarked to
January 2004.
Country/Firm-based, cross-section macro
data; Variables: Total individuals or firms
Survey results collected in 1999 and 2000 across 77 countries on the availability registered with the public credit registries
Miller, Margaret, ''Credit Reporting
of Public Credit Registries (PCR), the nature of information collected and (PCR), individuals or firms listed in PCRs,
Systems Around The Globe: The
distributed by the PCR, and issues related to customer care and legal framework total number of credit reports issued per 1000
Survey of Public Credit http://econ.worldbank.org/view State Of The Art In Public And not sure if this is
The World Bank 1996 - 2000 for credit. The surveys were conducted in three parts. Questionnaires were first people, total value of credit as percentage of 77 countries
Registries .php?type=18&id=11360 Private Credit Registries.'' The very useful
distributed in 1999 primarily to officials from central banks and then to 138 private gross national income (GNI), monthly
World Bank Working Paper Series.
credit registries in the surveyed countries. In 2000, the questionnaires were consultations, total number of employees of
June 2000.
distributed to 172 financial institutions in Latin American countries only. PCR, minimum loan size requirement for
inclusion in the PCR, minimum loan size as a
percentage of GNI per capita, etc.
SEAF is a not-for-profit corporation that sponsors the establishment and "A new evaluation study by SEAF traces the
oversees the management of commercially sustainable, for-profit private equity developmental impact of investments in ten The Development Impact of Small
funds in emerging markets. Much of SEAF’s funding comes from international small and medium enterprises. The study and Medium Enterprises: Vol.1 & 2
Small Enterprise development finance institutions. SEAF funds provide small and medium firms in yields encouraging insights on the potential of http://www.seaf.com/reports.ht (Vol 1 contains theory and analysis,
Assistance Fund - - developing and transition countries with (1) debt and equity growth capital to v. good!
SMEs as a vehicle for growth and poverty m Volume 2 contains case studies of
(SEAF) allow them to expand their productive capacity, and (2) post-investment business reduction and some policy guidelines for the SMEs in Romania, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
support in financial management, marketing, and operations, to help the firms to design of interventions to maximize this Peru, and Poland.
increase their sales, particularly export sales, and to improve their operational potential."
efficiency.
Information is based on applicable laws and
Comparative Database http://microfinancegateway.org
IRIS / Microfinance The database contains a standardized analysis of the financial, legal and regulations, secondary articles, and
on Microfinance /resource_centers/reg_sup/mic
Gateway regulatory situation for microfinance in 50 different countries knowledgeable stakeholders - practitioners,
Regulation ro_reg/?
lawyers, and regulators
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 12 of 57
Lots of articles and papers. For
example: Industrial clusters and
In order to address the specific needs of SMEs, UNIDO has been implementing
poverty reduction (2004),
technical cooperation projects based on a cluster and network development India, Indonesia,
Supporting Underperforming
United Nations approach since the mid 1990s. Based on project activities undertaken across the Malaysia, Mexico,
Clusters in Developing Countries
Industrial globe in Africa, Asia and Latin America as well as on best practice emerging from http://www.unido.org/doc/2911 Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 case studies and project reports (2004), Small firm clusters: working
Development cluster development initiatives in OECD economies, UNIDO has developed an 1 Jamaica, Bolivia,
to reduce poverty (2004),
Organization (UNIDO) approach to identify underperforming clusters, diagnose their gaps and Madagascar, Morocco
Development of Clusters and
challenges, address their weaknesses and finally revive a local governance Tunisia
Networks of SMEs (2001). All can
framework, thus ensuring the sustainability of the cluster development process.
be accessed at
The data - which were all sourced from documents in the public domain - were
compiled by Marta Kozak through desk research of online resources, research
papers and other publications. In addition, efforts were coordinated with initiatives
Kozak - "Micro, Small, of other international organizations such as the IADB and OECD. Currently, the
and Medium database is a cross section and includes only the most recent data point for each SME definitions, structure of the SME sector,
http://rru.worldbank.org/Docum
The World Bank Enterprises: A 2005 country, since data from many of the sources are not consistently measured or participation in the economy, business companion note in PDF 74 countries good!
ents/Other/SMEDatabase.xls
Collection of Published comparable over time. However we will be extending and updating the database. environment
Data" As far as we know, there is no similar consolidated database in the public domain
with this level of country coverage. We caution against using the data for
statistical analysis given that it is just a cross section and any attempt to read into
coefficients and causality would be misleading...
This database provides comprehensive statistics on the contribution of the SME
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
sector to total employment and GDP across a broad spectrum of countries. It Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises Meghana has
enables researchers to compare the extent of SME activity of a specific country assets, sales and investment level,GDP share
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries access to the
with that of other countries in the same geographical region or countries with of the SME sector, size of the shadow
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank database
similar income levels. It also provides statistics on the contribution of the SME economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
sector to the formal economy as well as the share of the informal economy.
"Job Creation in Small and Medium-
Sized Enterprises", Draft SEED
Employment -> Job statistical data on SMEs 44 countries, including
As one of the ILO's new InFocus Programmes, SEED's mission is to strengthen
Programme (SEED) - policies, and definitions of small enterprises. Creation and Enterprise Small /F627874288/Data%20Collection.pd Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, creation..." paper
Organization (ILO) serve employment goals. The Programme conducts research on what works
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> f>; SME definitions Philippines, Romania, is very good.
where and why to boost employment through small enterprise development.
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Database of small enterprise /F1882803357/SME%20Definitions.
definitions, policies, laws and pdf>; SME promotion policies
regulations
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 13 of 57
The OECD Small and Medium Enterprise Outlook 2002, the second in a biennial
series, aims to broaden and deepen analysis of SME policies and highlight
common lessons that can be drawn from member country experiences. The
report provides an overview of trends in SME performance and policies in the
Small and Medium OECD area and policy profiles for 28 member countries and the Commission of http://www.oecdbookshop.org/
OECD Enterprise Outlook - the European Union. The publication also presents findings of recent OECD oecd/display.asp?sf1=identifier OECD fee
2000 work undertaken on such themes as High-growth SMEs, Financing Women s&st1=922000021P1
Entrepreneurs, Regulatory Reforms and SMEs, and Electronic Commerce and
SMEs. International comparisons of key SME indicators and trends for OECD
countries -- output and employment -- and statistics on the role of SMEs in
employment gains and losses, and on enterprise demography, are included.
The OECD, through its Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, works to
enhance the performance of small businesses, through promoting best practice
policies and international co-operation in this area among Member and non-
The Second OECD member economies. It addresses general entrepreneurship and SME issues, http://www.oecd-
OECD Ministerial Conference 2004 such as business environment, regulatory burdens, access to finance and istanbul.sme2004.org/links.ht
on SMEs venture capital, taxation and management training, e-business, as well as m
specific concerns of women-owned enterprises and gives special consideration to
the increasingly important role that innovative start-ups and SMEs play in job
creation and growth.
UNCDF contributes to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals in
Least Developed Countries through a variety of innovative approaches in both
local development and microfinance. The evaluations take place mid-way
through the project period ("mid-term"), at the end of the project ("final") and a
United Nations few years after project completion ("ex-post"). The project evaluations assess 37countries - including
UNCDF Impact http://www.uncdf.org/english/c
Capital Development 1992-now such goals and objectives as, for example, whether or not the projects development impact assessments Uganda, Ethiopia,
Assessments ountries/
Fund (UNCDF) incorporated local needs, whether or not they targeted the poorest in society, and Tanzania, Bangladesh
whether or not the project design and implementation found better ways to
address the needs of women. Where objectives are not reached, a conscientious
review of difficulties and shortcomings are conducted to provide important
lessons for future project design.
The United Kingdom
DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor the website includes links to country
Department for Country assistance http://www.dfid.gov.uk/aboutdfi more than 80 countries,
ongoing countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. It supports growth and country profiles, projects profiles, case studies and
International plans d/ including all our targets
development projects in more than 80 countries around the world. publications
Development (DFID)
practice of micro and small enterprise development among its members, their 20009,
Network
org
Eurasia, Africa
(Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
FINCA International seeks to create employment, raise family incomes, and
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite
reduce poverty worldwide. Since then, FINCA has been working through a
International 1100 |
ImpAct ongoing network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions in 23 countries, offering microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America
Community Assistance Washington, DC
savings and lending services to poor families using 'village banking' group- (Mexico, Guatemala,
(FINCA) 20005 , Tel
lending methodology. El Salvador,
202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
USAID's programs seek to strengthen the microfinance sector, allow increased http://www.usaid.gov/locations/ Haiti, Honduras)
access to financial and non-financial services by urban and rural latin_america_caribbean/count
USAID Microfinance Programs ongoing microfinance projects
microentrepreneurs, strengthen the investment climate and promote ry/program_profiles/ecuadorpr
competitiveness. ofile.html
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 14 of 57
looks promising
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history,
WASME is now recognised as the largest professionally managed global non- but one needs to
politics and economic background of countries
governmental organization with Members comprising of national governments, http://www.sme- be registered to
World Association for SME Portal - SME in and territories, and background on key
- chambers of commerce and industry, small business authorities and portal.com/SMEs%20in%20fig access the
SME (WASME) Figures institutions. They also include statistics
associations, banks and financial institutions, training and consultancy agencies ures/default.aspx information (I tried
generated for all the region, or for a country in
serving micro, small and medium enterprises, primarily in developing countries. registering but it
the region.
did not work)
May not be very
useful. Contact
Information:
ACCION International is nonprofit organization dedicated to giving the people the Washington Office -
tools they need -- business loans and training -- to work their way out of poverty. Research, Policy,
Throughout Latin America, Africa and the United States, ACCION supports a and Publications,
network of microfinance institutions that has made $3.8 billion in loans over 2 has some interesting poverty-related http://www.accion.org/micro_or ACCION
ACCION International
million people. In addition to providing financial and technical services to its publications der_our_pubs.asp International, 733
affiliates, ACCION has documented its experience through its series of 15th Street, NW,
monographs, discussion papers and manuals. ACCION currently provides Suite 700,
institutional support to the MicroFinance Network. Washington, D.C.
20005 USA, Tel:
202-393-5113,
Fax: 202-393-5115
Oldsman (2003). Assessing the
Committee of Donor The Committee promotes enterprise development, particularly for small
Agencies for Small enterprises, in developing countries. It provides a forum, in which member conference proceedings, working papers, http://www.sedonors.org/defaul poverty impact of small enterprise
initiatives. Available:
Enterprise agencies can exchange information about their programmes, and the lessons case studies t.asp
Development learned through those programmes. http://www.sedonors.org/groups/gro
up.asp?groupid=5
probably not very
useful, but has a
http://www.smekey.org/links/d small SME
SME key portal sme portal information portal related to SMEs
efault.aspx database (mostly
OECD countries
though)
May not be very
useful. Contact
Information:
Kelly Hattel,
Director,
The MicroFinance Network is a global association of microfinance institutions
MicroFinance
committed to improving the quality of life of the poor through the provision of
Network, 733 15th
credit, savings, and other financial services. Network members believe in using a
Street NW, Suite
MicroFinanceNetwork commercial approach to establish and develop sustainable financial institutions http://www.bellanet.org/partner
microfinance working papers 700, Washington,
(MFN) that reach a large number of clients who are excluded from traditional financial s/mfn/
DC 20005, Tel:
institutions. The primary activities of the Network include: Network conferences
+1∙202∙347∙2953,
and research and publication of conference summaries, occasional papers and
+1∙202∙393∙5113
technical guides.
x210, Fax:
+1∙202∙347∙2959,
Email:
mfn@mfnetwork.or
g
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 15 of 57
The International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises-INSME is a
non profit Association open to international membership. Its mission is to
stimulate transnational cooperation and public and private partnership in the field http://www.insme.info/page.as may not be so
International network
- - of innovation and technology transfer to SMEs. INSME is an initiative promoted links to papers, case studies, etc p?IDArea=1&page=library_sub useful in terms of
for SMEs (INSME)
by the Italian Government within the OECD Bologna Process on SMEs. Activities jects data
are co-ordinated by the Italian Institute for Industrial Promotion (IPI), which hosts
the Association’s Secretariat in its headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Includes global comparisons, national reports,
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research program is an and special topic reports based on the annual
data collection cycle. This material can be
annual assessment of the national level of entrepreneurial activity. most recent: GEM 2005
downloaded after a few simple items of
Initiated in 1999 with 10 countries, expanded to 21 in the year 2000, Executive Report.
Global personal background are provided. Over 120
GEM Cross National with 29 countries in 2001 and 37 countries in 2002. GEM 2005 will http://www.gemconsortium.org http://www.gemconsortiu
Enterpreneurship various scholars and researchers are actively
Data conduct research in 39 countries. The research program, based on a /category_list.asp?cid=150 m.org/download/1120249
Monitor (GEM) participating in the GEM project; those with
harmonized assessment of the level of national entrepreneurial activity 110328/GEM_2004_Exe
user names and passwords will have access
for all participating countries, involves exploration of the role of to the interview schedules, data collection
c_Report.pdf
entrepreneurship in national economic growth. procedures, and other details required for
systematic analysis.
EDIAIS’s goal is to contribute to poverty elimination through equitable and
Enterprise
sustainable growth through providinig a central resource which can advise
Development Impact http://www.enterprise-
regional and country-based Enterprise Development Advisers (EDAs) on 'good
Assessment impact.org.uk/informationreso number of case studies
practice,' design and methods of impact assessment (IA). In this context EDIAIS
Information Service urces/casestudies.shtml
will aim to provide information and expertise in enterprise development impact
(EDIAIS)
assessment to DFID and the wider development community.
Development The Development Gateway is an independent not-for-profit organization, initially http://home.developmentgatew
Gateway developed in the World Bank. ay.org/
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PRIVATE DATA PROVIDERS
Data Provider Title Time Period Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Articles/Publications Countries Other Notes
Variables: Gross domestic product, current
prices, per Capita GDP (real, nominal), about 30 countries,
EconStats 1970- Datasets containing macroeconomic indicators like GDP, inflation, prices and inflation, industrial production, consumer price http://www.econstats.com/ including Bosnia and
EconStats 1970-2005
present others covering more than 180 countries. index, annualized inflation rate, producer Herzegovina, Romania,
prices index, unemployment rate, prime rate, and Brazil
trade balance, etc
Variables: Consumer price indices, wholesale
price indices, exchange rates and futures and
commodity prices, discount rates,
The Global Financial Database is a collection of financial and economic data in
eurocurrency rates, inter-bank offer rates,
the world. It contains more than 6,500 historical and current data series covering
private discount rates, government bond
The Global Financial Before 1990, 1990 over 150 countries including long-term total return data on stocks, bonds and bills
The Global Financial yields, corporate bond yields, deposit rates, Fee (typically over
Database, 1900 - - 1995, 1996 - from every major market in the world dating back to 1900. The database http://www.globalfindata.com/ 150+ countries
Data, Inc. lending rates, money market rates, treasury $1000)
Present / 2000, 2001 - 2005 comprises of other sub-databases such as long-term financial database, interest
bill yields, stock exchange indices, long-term
rate database, United States daily stock market database, global stock market
financial data (e.g. government bond yields
database, total return database, and others.
and discount rates, dividend yields and
Price/Earnings ratios, total returns on stocks,
bonds and bills, etc.) and others.
Variables: Political risks, macroeconomic
risks, business environment risks, real GDP
Macro time series database containing economic, political and financial data on
growth, manufacturing output, inflation, short
more than 100 emerging markets which are published annually, quarterly,
term interest rates, exchange rates, exports,
monthly and weekly. Regional, country-by-country as well as global information
oil output, oil and gas exports, imports,
are also available. The database contains (i) the industry sector database which
exchange rates, trade balance, current
Business Monitor Emerging Markets contain the directory of corporate data on senior executives at multinational http://www.businessmonitor.co Fee (typically over
1984-2005 account, current account as a percentage of 100+ countries
International Online subsidiaries, joint ventures and associate companies in five selected industries m/about_bmi.htm $1000)
GDP, foreign reserves, stock market
located in 23 major emerging markets (ii) foreign companies database which
performance, import cover, external debt,
comprises 25 Yearbooks containing commercial intelligence on over 150,000 top
external debt as a percent of exports, political
executives at more than 50,000 leading foreign subsidiaries, joint ventures and
outlook, domestic outlook, economy outlook,
associate companies active in global emerging markets.
external sector outlook, key economic sectors,
capital market, business environment, etc.
Variables: Population, participation rate,
unemployment rate, nominal GDP, real GDP,
This database contains current information from 1997 to present on more than 55
GDP per capita, industrial production index,
emerging markets. It aggregates and produces full-text news articles, financial
consumer price index, producer price index,
statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, http://0-
Euromoney wholesale price inflation, government balance, Fee based
ISI Emerging Markets macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived site.securities.com.lib.bus.umi
Institutional Investor 1996 - 2005 primary balance, monetary base, forex rate, 55+ countries (typically over
Database directly from more than 8500 local and global information providers. Macro ch.edu/macro/index.html?pc=
Company call rate, interest rate, deposits - local $1000)
information consists of demographics and employment information, structure of BG
currency, market capitalisation, stock market
the economy, prices and inflation, fiscal and monetary data, balance of payments,
index, number of listed companies, exports,
financial system, debts and resources flow, and others.
imports, current accounts, capital accounts,
intereal reserves, foreign debts, others.
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 17 of 57
Variables: Markets, advertising, antitrust
regulations, applications, bankruptcy,
capacity, capital expenditures, capitalization,
This database provides information such as: market share, market size, capacity,
campaigns, communications, license,
production, imports, exports, sales, product and brand rankings, forecasts, http://www.gale.com/servlet/Ite
consumption, copyright, costs, defense Fee based
Gale Group - healthcare statistics and demographics on more than 190 countries, territories mDetailServlet?region=9&impr
TableBase 1996 -2005 spending, demographics, divestiture, 190+ countries (typically over
Thomson Corporation and regions. Tables are drawn from the more than 1000 sources that go into the int=000&titleCode=GAL67&typ
downsizing, energy use, environmental, $1000)
business and industry database as well as from statistical annuals, brokerage e=4&id=173258
exploration, exports, financial data, forecasts,
reports, trade association reports, and governmental reports.
foreign business, franchising, geographic
profile, government assistance, budget,
relocation, health statistics, etc.
Country & Firm-level data. The database contains both US and international Variables: Fiscal year, net income, total http://research.thomsonib.com/ Fee based
Thomson Research Worldscope 1990 - 2005 companies' filings from the last ten years. It has basic financial information such assets, net sales, market capitalization, price- gaportal/mktpages/content.ht (typically over
as business descriptions, key ratios, financial information, and officers' listing. earnings ratio. m $1000)
Variables: Company reports, company
profiles, annual financials, annual ratios,
growth rates, stock, earnings, interim data,
Country & Firm-level data. The Thomson ONE Banker Analytics database
supplementary data, executive officers, stock
contains over 2,000 data items accessible from nine exclusive data sources. The
overview, earnings, officers, ownership,
Worldscope Financials, Thomson Financials and the SEC Database Financials Fee based
subsidiaries, preliminary data, recent filings, http://banker.analytics.thomso
Thomson Financial Thomson Analytics 1996 - 2005 can be found in this database. Data covers overview of companies, prices, 200+ countries (typically over
charts, technical analysis, financial nib.com
financials, estimates, filings, deals, officers, indices, portfolios and others. Notes: $1000)
statements, fundamental ratios, growth ratios,
The database has detailed information on 33,000 companies across 206
consensus estimates, mergers and
countries and territories.
acquisitions deals, equity deals, bond deals,
loan deals, prices, performances,
constituents, performance, and others.
Firm-level. The Business and Company Resource Center database provides
indexing and abstracting of over 900 periodicals, and full text for 460 titles. Full
Variables: SIC codes, NAICS codes, annual http://www.gale.com/servlet/C
Thomson Gale (The text of over 50,000 investment reports covering over 11,000 companies. Directory Fee based
Business and Company sales, profit after tax, share capital, SItemDetailServlet?region=9&i
Thomson 1982-2005 listing for over 180,000 private and public companies. The database covers (typically over
Resource Center employees, sales per employee, year mprint=000&titleCode=GAL49
Corporation) information such as company profiles, industry rankings, products and brands, $1000)
founded, fiscal year, features, and others. &type=1&id=115085
company performance ratings, investment reports, industry statistics, current
investment ratings, financial overviews, financial ratios, and others.
IRIS-SME Cross-country data sources Page 18 of 57
Country-specific data sources
What's in here: country-specific databases, reports, papers, SME impact assessments, case studies, etc; Sources: mostly int's organizations and think-tanks, some private providers
NOTE: Orange-colored entries refer to SME data, papers, case studies etc; green entries refer to SME projects. For additional national and subnational data, please go to the "Cross-country datasets" worksheet (Blue and teal-colored entries).
ASIA
Bangladesh
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Country profile, including selected poverty and
Asian Development Poverty Statistics - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.adb.org/Statistics/P Number of articles and papers.
- social indicators, a list of key documents, an -
Bank (ADB) Bangladesh spreadsheet overty/BAN.asp See the website.
inventory of household surveys and censuses.
United Nations Population stats, health education and culture
Economic and Social indicators; econ indicators; trade, transport http://www.unescap.org/stat/da
Asia-Pacific in Figures 1980, 1990, 1995, For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' and tourism indicators; fin indicators, labor Includes about 60
Commission for Asia ta/apif/bangladesh_apif2004.p
(2004) - Bangladesh 2000, 2002, 2003 spreadsheet force and production indicators; natural countries
and the Pacific df
(UNESCAP) resources and environment; human devel
index
(1) K.M. Nab iul Islam, Rushidan
Islam Rahman. 2003. Employment
Poverty Linkages: Bangladesh.
Issues in Employment and Poverty:
Resource Database on
Discussion Paper 10. (2)
International Labor Poverty, Local For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresou
- Paper Mustafa K. Mujeri. 2002.
Organization (ILO) Development and spreadsheet rces/dwbrowse.home
Bangladesh: Bringing Poverty
Decent Work
Focus in Rural Infrastructure
Development. Issues in
Employment and Poverty Series:
Discussion Paper 6.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Bangladesh spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=17
A snapshot of the investment climate in
Bangladesh (based on 1001 surveys) - Survey http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' results are summarized by firm size, sector, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet exporter, ownership. They also include details es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
on how local firms perceive the economic and =17&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 19 of 57
The objective of the JOBS Project is to support the growth of the private sector by JOBS has created a database on
helping to improve the performance of SMEs and the policy environment in which microenterprises in 60 clusters and collects
they operate. JOBS’s specific goal is to enable these enterprises to achieve data on different economic and social
Job Opportunities and
greater economic growth, thereby expanding employment opportunities, reducing indicators including number of entrepreneurs
IRIS Center Business Support 1997-2005 http://www.jobsproject.org/
poverty, and improving the standard of living for poor Bangladeshis. To address in each cluster, investment and employment
(JOBS)
this objective, JOBS operates in several distinct sectors, including footwear, status, cluster-specific income reporting, as
handmade paper, home textiles, leather goods, light electrical equipment, well as district/village specific data on type of
personal protective equipment, and information technology. enterprises and products produced.
This paper explores the relationship between micro-credit and the reduction of
poverty and vulnerability by focusing on BRAC, one of the largest micro-credit
providers in Bangladesh. The main argument in this paper is that micro-credit
http://www.worldbank.org/html/ Zaman, Hassan. 2000. "Assessing
contributes to mitigating a number of factors that contribute to vulnerability,
Microfinance Impact dec/Publications/Workpapers/ the Poverty and Vulnerability Imapct
Microfinance Gateway 1995 whereas the impact on income-poverty is a function of borrowing beyond a Case study/Impact assessment
Assessments wps2000series/wps2145/wps2 of Micro Credit in Bangladesh". A
certain loan threshold and to a certain extent contingent on how poor the
145.pdf World Bank Work Paper.
household is to start with. This argument is illustrated by complementing the
existing literature with some empirical analysis of household survey data
collected in Bangladesh in 1995.
This book is based on analysis of a rich data set collected in Bangladesh for the
WB research project "Credit Programs for the Poor: Household and
http://www-
Intrahousehold Impacts and Program Sustainability". It examines the
wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WD Khandker, Shahidur. 1998.
experiences of the Grameen Bank and two other major microcredit programs in
Microfinance Impact SContentServer/WDSP/IB/200 Fighting Poverty with Microcredit:
Microfinance Gateway 1991-1992 Bangladesh and asks whether microcredit alleviates poverty, whether Case study/Impact assessment
Assessments 0/02/23/000094946_99030406 Experience in Bangladesh. Oxford:
microfinance is a cost-effective way of transferring resources to the poor, and
225421/Rendered/PDF/multi_ Oxford UP.
whether microfinance is a cost-effective way of providing financial services to the
page.pdf
poor when formal financial institutions fail to meet their needs. It also examines
who among the poor benefits from microfinance and how.
This research report gives an overview, history, and evolution of the Grameen
Bank in Bangladesh which started as an action research project in 1976 to test
out whether poor people supplied with working capital could generate productive Hossain, M. 1988. Credit for the
self-employment without external assistance and by 1988, it reported 300 http://www.microfinancegatew Alleviation of Rural Poverty: The
Microfinance Impact
Microfinance Gateway 1988 branches and outreach to 250,000 households. Issues raised in this 1988 Case study/Impact assessment ay.org/content/article/detail/16 Grameen Bank in Bangladesh.
Assessments
overview include: potential and constraints to expansion; extent of effect on 77 Research Report No. 55.
income, especially new employment for women, and impact on overall poverty Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.
alleviation. The author also suggest conditions for the replicability of the GB
model in other countries and contexts.
The paper presents the findings of an assessment conducted to determine the
impact of the Women's Enterprise Development Project in Bangladesh on
AIMS (Assessing The borrowers. Methodology included individual and focus-group interviews in four Koopman, Jeanne. 1996. Client
Impact of selected WEDP field sites, two in urban or semi-urban areas. Findings are http://www.usaidmicro.org/pdfs Impact Assessment of Women's
USAID /Chemonics 1989-1996 Case study/Impact assessment
Microenterprise presented in three sections: a socioeconomic profile of clients; an assessment of /aims/wedp.pdf Entrepreneurship Development
Services Project) program impact on employment, income and assets, and women's decision- Program in Bangladesh.
making and status; and, clients' loan transaction costs as well as their needs and
opinions about the program.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 20 of 57
(1) Hassan Zaman, Saima Rahman,
Shaheed Hussain, Masud Rana.
BRAC is a large development organisation with the twin objectives of poverty June – 1995. Profitability of BRAC-
alleviation and empowerment. It seeks to explore the wider impacts of financed Projects: a study of seven
microfinance through group dynamics and develop social indicators for MFI microenterprises in Matlab.
benchmarking in terms of poverty outreach. The study by Zaman et al. focuses http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/asi Working Paper No. 7. Available:
BRAC (Bangladesh on seven microenterprises, using a sample of seventy households. The projects a/brac.html; http://www.microfinancegateway.co
ImpAct Rural Advancement 1999-2003-now investigated are paddy cultivation, potato cultivation, goat rearing, bull fattening, Case studies/Impact assessments http://www.mixmarket.org/en/d m/content/article/detail/2266?PHPS
Committee) grocery shop, net making and poultry. Suggests that BRAC’s twin objectives of emand/demand.show.profile.a ESSID=7b4713ea59ac1a3fed2212d
employment and income generation, as part of its poverty alleviation strategy, sp?token=&ett=35 34a25d6bc (2) Shantana Halder.
crucially hinge upon the success of its microcredit programmes. Halder's paper 2003. “Brac’s business
examines the impact and cost-effectiveness of BRAC's skills development development services: Do they pay?
training on women's income growth. “ Volume – 14, Issue – 2, June –
2003, Small Enterprise
Development Journal.
United Nations UNCDF Impact 37countries, including
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.uncdf.org/english/c
Capital Develpoment Assessments - 1980s-now impact assessments Bangladesh and Bolivia
spreadsheet ountries/bangladesh/index.php
Fund (UNCDF) Bangladesh (from our target group)
The Dhaka Chamber
of Commerce and
http://www.cipe.org/programs/
Industry (DCCI) & Economic Reform and The project studies policy obstacles that hinder the development of private
2002-now ?? global/partners/dispPartner.ph
Center for Economic Advocacy Project businesses in Bangladesh, including small and women-owned enterprises.
p?id=20
Private Enterprise
(CIPE)
The SouthAsia
Enterprise For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Bangladesh, Northeast
WB/IFC - SME projects http://www.sedf.org/
Development Facility spreadsheet India, Bhutan and Nepal
(SEDF)
DFID runs 3 SME projects in Bangladesh: Developing Business Service Markets
The United Kingdom
for SMEs (DBSM) project (2002-2007); Regulatory and investment system includes links to several
Department for Country assistance plan Contact information:
2002-2007 improvement for enterprise programme (RISE) project (2004-2012), South Asia SME development projects http://www.dfidbangladesh.org/ growth/poverty related case studies
International (CAP) Bangladesh enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
Enterprise Development Facilities (2002-2007), Increasing Capability of and publications
Development (DFID)
Organisations in Micro Enterprise project.
India
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
A snapshot of the investment climate in India
(based on 1827 surveys). Survey results are http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' summarized by firm size, sector, exporter, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet ownership. They also include details on how es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
local firms perceive the economic and =89&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 21 of 57
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - India spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=89
SME-related projects: Small and Medium
Enterprises Support Programme, India (2002-
DFID India, with its headquarters in New Delhi, implements DFID's largest single
The United Kingdom 2009), Project to support implementation of the
overseas programme contributing to poverty eradication. It’s main focus areas the website includes links to several
Department for Country assistance plan Government of Orissas Industrial Policy Contact information:
2002-2009 are: Supporting partner states in implementing comprehensive approaches to http://www.dfidindia.org/ growth/poverty related case studies
International (CAP) India Resolution 2001 (2003-2008), Developing ICT- enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
poverty-reduction; Supporting effective provision of services to the poor; and publications
Development (DFID) based cooperative microenterprises for poor
Supporting an enabling environment for economic growth.
women project (2006-2006), Small and
Medium Enterprises project(SME) (2004-2011)
India, Indonesia,
United Nations Lots of articles and papers. For a Malaysia, Mexico,
Industrial For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' detailed list with links to full Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 project reports http://www.unido.org/doc/4308
Development spreadsheet documents go to: Jamaica, Bolivia,
Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org/en/doc/4307 Madagascar, Morocco
Tunisia
The SouthAsia
Enterprise For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Bangladesh, Northeast
WB/IFC ongoing SME projects http://www.sedf.org/
Development Facility spreadsheet India, Bhutan and Nepal
(SEDF)
The SouthAsia
Enterprise For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Bangladesh, Northeast
WB/IFC ongoing SME projects http://www.sedf.org/
Development Facility spreadsheet India, Bhutan and Nepal
(SEDF)
Indonesia
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Asian Development Poverty Statistics - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.adb.org/Statistics/P
- country profile
Bank (ADB) Indonesia spreadsheet overty/INO.asp
United Nations Population stats, health education and culture
Asia-Pacific in figures is intended for those who need to know at a glance the indicators; econ indicators; trade, transport Includes about 60
Economic and Social
Asia-Pacific in Figures 1980, 1990, 1995, basic features and trends in the region. The explanatory notes provided should and tourism indicators; fin indicators, labor http://www.unescap.org/stat/da countries; from our focus
Commission for Asia
(2004) - Indonesia 2000, 2002, 2003 facilitate an understnading of the data, which cover many important socio- force and production indicators; natural ta/apif/indonesia_apif2004.pdf group: Bangladesh and
and the Pacific
economic aspects of development. resources and environment; human devel Philippines
(UNESCAP)
index
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 22 of 57
(1) Employment Policies for
Poverty Reduction during
Indonesia's Economic Recovery.
2002. (2) Iyanatul Islam. 2002.
Poverty, Employment and Wages:
An Indonesian Perspective. (3)
Resource Database on Urban and Regional Development
International Labor Poverty, Local For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresou Institute(URDI). 2003. Report of
- policy papers/studies
Organization (ILO) Development and spreadsheet rces/dwbrowse.home Training Workshop "Informal Sector
Decent Work Empowerment for Local Economic
Development" (4) Urban and
Regional Development Institute
(URDI). 2002. The Indonesian
Situation of Public-private
Partnerships and the Informal
Economy
A snapshot of the investment climate in
Indonesia (based on 713 surveys). Survey http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' results are summarized by firm size, sector, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet exporter, ownership. They also include details es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
on how local firms perceive the economic and =90&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Indonesia spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=90
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 23 of 57
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Panjaitan-Drioadisuryo et al. 1999.
Case study of the impact of microfinance programs on poverty and hunger. In http://www.microfinancegatew "Gender, Self-Employment and
Microfinance Impact
Microfinance Gateway 1999 Indonesia, 90 percent of BRI clients surveyed on the island of Lombok had Case Study/Impact Assessment ay.org/files/18564_Panjaitan_ Microcredit Programs: An
Assessments Indonesian case Study." The
moved above the poverty line, with income increases averaging 112 percent. Drioadisuryo_1999.pdf
Quarterly Review of Economics and
Finance 39 (1999) 769-779.
ACTETSME aims to accelerate the development of SMEs in the Asia-Pacific
region through technology exchange and cooperation in order to make small and
Australia, Brunei,
medium enterprises more productive and competitive in both the domestic and
The Definition of SMEs according to Canada, China, Taipei,
international markets. The Center functions as resource hub with capabilities in
Indonesian law; classification of SMEs - by Chile, Hong Kong,
electronic information networking, technical training and organizing of special
size (micro, small, med, lrge); by econ market Indonesia, Japan, S.
activities for syndicating technology transfer projects. Its goals and activities
share; labor share, annual growth rate and Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
ACTET SME ACTET SME-Indonesia 1997-2002 include: linking databases of APEC economies into a master database; providing http://www.actetsme.org/indo/
distrib of SMEs from 1997-2002. Also includes N. Zealand, Papua New
economy-need and sector-specific services; facilitating business and
information on govt policies related to SMEs Guinea, Peru,
entrepreneurial exchange visits and missions; conduct of productivity
as well as general info about the Indonesian Philippines, Russia,
improvement, small business consultancy and management training programs for
economy, investment policies, etc. Singapore, Thailand,
SMEs; undertaking of follow-up surveys on the needs of SMEs for the purpose of
USA, Vietnam
establishing program specifics, including subject, content and host training
institutions; developing a Network of Networks on SMEs in APEC.
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
Not so rich in terms of
The United Kingdom content as DFIDs
the website includes links to several
Department for Country assistance plan DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor http://www.dfid.gov.uk/countrie other project sites.
- growth/poverty related case studies and
International (CAP) Indonesia countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. s/asia/indonesia.asp Contact information:
publications
Development (DFID) dfidindjkt@dfid.gov.u
k
India, Indonesia,
United Nations Lots of articles and papers. For a Malaysia, Mexico,
Industrial For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' detailed list with links to full Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 project reports http://www.unido.org/doc/4308
Development spreadsheet documents go to: Jamaica, Bolivia,
Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org/en/doc/4307 Madagascar, Morocco
Tunisia
Institute for Social Improving the LP3ES is a private, non-profit, organization established in 1971 to promote the
and Economic competitiveness of advancement of economic and social sciences that will help foster the http://www.cipe.org/programs/
Research, Education Indonesian small and - sociocultural development of the Indonesian people. The project focuses on SME project global/partners/dispPartner.ph
and Information medium enterprises improving the competitiveness of the small-business sector in Indonesia in order p?id=51
(LP3ES) & CIPE project to sustain the progress it has made thus far in reducing poverty and creating jobs.
Program for Eastern The PENSA Facility was established to strengthen small and
medium enterprises (SME) in eastern Indonesia, supporting http://www2.ifc.org/sme/html/p
WB/IFC Indonesia SME 2003-2008 Eastern Indonesia
ensa.html
Assistance (PENSA) expansion of the SME sector as a vital base toward creating jobs,
higher incomes and sustained economic growth.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 24 of 57
USAID focuses on trade, investment, and job creation, and is working to improve
Indonesia Builds a the business climate to help small and medium enterprises grow. It also supports http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
USAID Stronger Economy ongoing Indo-nesia’s anti-money laundering and other anti-corruption programs. USAID is SME promotion programs asia_near_east/countries/indo
Program helping Indonesia to establish a deposit insurance agency to safeguard people’s nesia/
savings.
Philippines
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Asian Development Poverty Statistics - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.adb.org/Statistics/P
- country profile
Bank (ADB) Philippines spreadsheet overty/PHI.asp
Economic statistics broken down by wage and
employment per region, gender, employment A number of working
Philippine Institute for Economic and Social Social, economic, and agricultural statistical databases. Includes surveys for per industry and province; Agriculture statistics papers related to
mid 1990s-2003 http://www.pids.gov.ph/
Development Studies Database selected industries (volumne and value of production) include: crop yield, rural wages, foreign trade, SMEs and
etc. Social statistics include health and develeopment
educational levels.
(1) Christopher Lomboy, Elmer S.
Resource Database on Soriano, Eloisa A. Barbin. 2002. A
International Labor Poverty, Local For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresou field study of microinsurance in the
- policy papers/studies Philippines. (2) Sandra O. Yu.
Organization (ILO) Development and spreadsheet rces/dwbrowse.home
Decent Work 2002. Infrastructure Development
and the Informal Sector in The
Philippines.
A snapshot of the business climate in
Philippines by identifying specific regulations
and policies that encourage or discourage
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
investment, productivity, and growth. Key
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - indicators are used to help measure the ease
database - Philippines spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
or difficulty of operating a business: starting a
?economyid=153
business, hiring and firing workers, registering
property, getting credit, protecting investors,
enforcing contracts, and closing a business.
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Variables: total assets, total sales, net profit mentClimate/ExploreEconomi 55 countries, including all
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet and employment in a period of 2 years es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid our targets
=153&characteristic=Size
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 25 of 57
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
ACTETSME aims to accelerate the development of SMEs in the Asia-Pacific
region through technology exchange and cooperation. The Center functions as Australia, Brunei,
resource hub with capabilities in electronic information networking, technical Canada, China, Taipei,
The Definition of SMEs according to the
training and organizing of special activities for syndicating technology transfer Chile, Hong Kong,
Philippines law; classification of SMEs - by Not as rich in terms of
projects. Its goals and activities include: linking databases of APEC economies Indonesia, Japan, S.
The ACTEC SME 1996, 2004, size (S, M, L) based on SME's econ and labor stats as the ACTET-
ACTET SME - into a master database; providing economy-need and sector-specific services; Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Information Exchange projections for share. Also includes information on govt http://www.actetsme.org/phil/ SME site for Peru or
Philippines facilitating business and entrepreneurial exchange visits and missions; conduct N. Zealand, Papua New
Network 2004-2010 policies related to SMEs as well as general Indonesia, but has
of productivity improvement, small business consultancy and management Guinea, Peru,
info about the Philippines' economy, some good info
training programs for SMEs; undertaking of follow-up surveys on the needs of Philippines, Russia,
investment policies, etc.
SMEs for the purpose of establishing program specifics, including subject, Singapore, Thailand,
content and host training institutions; developing a Network of Networks on SMEs USA, Vietnam
in APEC.
SocioEconomic Lapar, Maria Lucila A., 1991.
Research Portal for The paper reviews the existing literature on small and microenterprises with Growth and Dynamics of Small and
Available:
the Working Paper Series particular focus on finance. It determines the research gaps and issues and Microenterprises: Does Finance
1991 Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/wp/
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines develops research agenda for analyzing the growth and dynamics of Matter? Socio-Economic
pidswp9112.pdf
Institute for microenterprise behavior. Reasearch Portal for Philippines,
Development Studies WP 1991-12
SocioEconomic The paper analyzes the impact of the monetary policy, finance and credit
programs on Micro, Cottage, Small and Medium Enterprises (MCSME) Lamberte, Mario B., MCSME
Research Portal for
development in the Philippines. It also examines corresponding monetary Available: Promotion Policy and Legislative
the Working Paper Series
1990 policies, finance and credit programs in Japan, Korea and Taiwan and attempts Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/wp/ Agenda: Focus on Monetary Policy.
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines
to draw for the Philippines some lessons and implications from their experience. pidswp9020.pdf Finance and Credit Programs. WP
Institute for
Recommendations for specific policies and legislative actions for the promotion of 1990-20
Development Studies
MCSMEs are given.
SocioEconomic
Research Portal for Lamberte, Mario B., Addressing
The paper outlines some of the constraints faced by Phillip. banks that prevent Available:
the Working Paper Series Constraints in the Provision of
2001 them from expanding their financial services to poor and low income micro and Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pdf/
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines Financial Services to MicSMEs and
small businesses and recommends measures to address them. pidspn0117.pdf
Institute for Poor Households. PN 2001-17
Development Studies
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 26 of 57
SocioEconomic
Research Portal for
Drawing on the promotion activities of Asian countries such as Singapore, Available: Intal, Ponciano Jr. S., Improving
the Working Paper Series
1997 Taiwan, Malaysia and Japan, this paper recommends measures to Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pdf/ Institutional Support to Small and
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines
develop/modernize the Philippines SMEs. pidspn9706.PDF Medium Enterprises, PN 1997-06
Institute for
Development Studies
This study classifies the laws affecting the informal sector and assesses the
SocioEconomic extent of the empowerment of the sector based on the provisions in the laws that
Tolentino, Maria Catalina M.,Sibal,
Research Portal for allow for organization, decision making mechanisms and transfer of power from
Available: Jorge V.,Macaranas, Bonifacio S.,
the Working Paper Series the traditional center to another. Results indicate that, to some extent, four
2001 Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pjd/ Survey and Assessment of Laws on
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines groups within the sector are accorded empowerment through Philippine laws: the
pidspjd01-1infosector.pdf the Informal Sector, PJD 2001 Vol.
Institute for agricultural sector, small and medium enterprises, industrial home workers and
XXVIII No. 1-e
Development Studies cooperatives. These groups are allowed to form organizations and to participate
in decision making bodies.
This paper examines the effects of small-scale enterprises on economic and
SocioEconomic social concerns focusing on the government’s effort for its promotion and its
Research Portal for economic and social impacts. Results indicate that while SSE’s contribution to Pernia, Ernesto, Small-Scale
Available:
the Working Paper Series development may have been overstated, support rendered to it is worthwhile. It Industry Promotion: Economic and
1983 Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/esia-
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines has been found out that SSE has significant positive impact on employment, Social Impact Analysis, ESIA-WID
wid/pidsesiawid8302.pdf
Institute for production, energy efficiency and income. However, its impact on health, fertility, WP 1983-02
Development Studies migration and environment is difficult to determine and is therefore not
conclusive.
SocioEconomic This paper reviews existing policies and programs to encourage banks to expand
Lamberte, Mario B., Expanding
Research Portal for their financial services to micro, small- and medium-sized enterprises and poor
Available: Banking Services to Micro, Small
the Working Paper Series households. The overall policy environment for promoting microfinance in the
2001 Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/dps/ and Medium Enterprises and Poor
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines Philippines has considerably improved since 1990, and there are signs that
pidsdps0124.pdf Households in the Philippines, DP
Institute for banks have favorably responded to it. However, banks still face some constraints
2001-24
Development Studies in expanding further their financial services to MicSMEs and poor households.
SocioEconomic Abstract: Citing impressive gains in the last three years, the author points out the
Research Portal for bright prospects for microfinance as a major source of financing for small Llanto, Gilberto M., Is the Promise
Available:
the Working Paper Series farmers, fisherfolk and entrepreneurs in the coming years. Nonetheless, there are Being Fulfilled?...Microfinance in the
2004 Case study/Research paper http://dirp4.pids.gov.ph/ris/pn/p
Philippines/Philippine on SMEs in Philippines critical issues that need to be given immediate attention to, according to him, for Philippines: Status, Issues and
idspn0410.pdf
Institute for such prospects and promise of microfinance to be fully fulfilled. Challenges, PN 2004-10
Development Studies
ASHI is a ten year old microfinance program operating around the shores of
Laguna de Bay. An impact survey, the main quantitative tool, was administered
to 152 ASHI clients in the fourth loan cycle or above (average of 4.5 years with
AIMS (Assessing The ASHI) and to a comparison group of 90 nonclients, who lived in similar Helen Todd (ed). August 2000.
http://www.usaidmicro.org/pdfs
Impact of communities to the ASHI clients, but had no access to microfinance services. "Poverty Reduced Through
USAID 1999? Case Study/Impact Assessment /aims/ashi-
Microenterprise Results show a marked impact on poverty - most clients had moved from a Microfinance: The Impact of ASHI in
executive_summary.pdf
Services Project) position of extreme poverty to being moderately poor, but only 22% had moved the Philippines."
right out of the poverty group. It is possible that some clients who had moved out
of poverty had fallen back because of the economic downturn. There was a sharp
contrast between clients and non-clients in poverty status.
Chua, Ronald T., Simon Peter
The study finds that the benefits of financial services are not limited to impact on Gregorio, Marcia Feria Miranda,
AIMS (Assessing The microenterprise incomes only but extend to a wide range of non-enterprise Marie Apostol, and Daniel B. Del
http://www.usaidmicro.org/pdfs Rosario. October 1999. “Risk,
Impact of related aspects. It smoothes consumption, allows expenditures in health and
USAID 1999? Case Study /aims/philippines_final-october- Vulnerability, Assets, and the Role
Microenterprise education, and allows improvements of housing. While these are not typically
99.pdf of Financial Services in Reducing
Services Project) classified as productive investments, they nevertheless represent social
investments. Vulnerability: A Study of the Women
Clients of CARD Bay Laguna,
Philippines.”
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 27 of 57
; presentation
Philippines Department of trade ent/66/69/files/SME.ppt#303,2,S
available on their website
MEs make up 99.6% of all
companies>
USAID works with the Philippine government to strengthen the foundation for
peace in the region. Programs give former combatants job skills to help
reintegrate them into their communities, increase small business loan services,
provide schools and expand banking and other systems to help businesses
Economic Opportunities thrive. USAID has helped 21,000 former combatants make the switch from http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
USAID Strengthen Peace in ongoing guerilla fighting to farming seaweed, hybrid corn or rice. Three thousand of them SME promotion programs asia_near_east/countries/phili
Mindanao Project have learned to produce higher value crops. With solar dryers, corn shellers and ppines/
warehouses provided by USAID, they have increased their produce's selling price
by as much as 35 percent. USAID has also helped strengthen the services of 115
banks and rural cooperatives, enabling them to provide loans and other services
for small entrepreneurs profitably.
Vietnam
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Vietnam spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=202
http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Variables: total assets, total sales, net profit mentClimate/ExploreEconomi 55 countries, including all
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet and employment in a period of 2 years es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid our targets
=153&characteristic=Size
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 28 of 57
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Thailand
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Thailand spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=186
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 29 of 57
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
Office of small and http://www.sme.wethai.com/s
Thai Ministry of White Paper on Small and Medium
medium enterpises 2002 ? SME publication (221 pages) me/pdf/White%20Paper%202
Industry Enterprises in Thailand
promotion (OSMEP) 002.pdf
Malaysia
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Thailand spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=186
http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Variables: total assets, total sales, net profit mentClimate/ExploreEconomi 55 countries, including all
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet and employment in a period of 2 years es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid our targets
=153&characteristic=Size
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 30 of 57
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
India, Indonesia,
United Nations Lots of articles and papers. For a Malaysia, Mexico,
Industrial For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' detailed list with links to full Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 project reports http://www.unido.org/doc/4308
Development spreadsheet documents go to: Jamaica, Bolivia,
Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org/en/doc/4307 Madagascar, Morocco
Tunisia
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 31 of 57
LATIN AMERICA
Bolivia
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
A snapshot of the investment climate in Bolivia
(based on 671 surveys). Survey results are http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' summarized by firm size, sector, exporter, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet ownership. They also include details on how es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
local firms perceive the economic and =25&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Bolivia spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=25
Luis Carlos Jemio, María del
Resource Database on Carmen Choque. 2003.
International Labor Poverty, Local For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.ilo.org/dyn/dwresou Employment-Poverty Linkages and
- Case study
Organization (ILO) Development and spreadsheet rces/dwbrowse.home Policy: The case of Bolivia. Issues
Decent Work in Employment and Poverty:
Discussion Paper 11.
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
The Development Impact of Small
and Medium Enterprises: Vol.1 & 2
Small Enterprise
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.seaf.com/reports.ht (Vol 1 contains theory and analysis,
Assistance Fund - - comparative case studies v. good!
spreadsheet m Volume 2 contains case studies of
(SEAF)
SMEs in Romania, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Peru, and Poland.
The study concludes that microfinance in Bolivia is an efficient and low-cost Mosely, Paul May 1999.
AIMS (Assessing The
method of reducing poverty (down to about 75% of the poverty line) but a poor http://www.usaidmicro.org/pdfs Microfinance and Poverty: Bolivia
Impact of
USAID 1999 and expensive method of reducing extreme poverty. Other approaches, in Case study/Impact assessment /aims/microfinance_and_pover Case Study (Background paper for
Microenterprise
particular investment in social and physical infrastructure and expansion of the ty.pdf the World Development Report
Services Project)
labour market, show more promise in reducing extreme poverty. 2000/01)
FINRURAL. June 2004.
FINRURAL, established in 1993 as a non-profit organisation, seeks to promote “POVERTY DYNAMICS AMONG
http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/lati
the development of microfinance institutions in Bolivia and currently has nine LOAN CLIENTS IN Address: FINRURAL,
namerica/finrural.html;
such institutions under its umbrella. It has compiled comprehensive, survey- MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS: Av. Arce 2081 Esq.
2000-2004, follow- http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/pu
ImpAct ImpAct/FINRURAL based studies of the impacts of eight partner organizations. It also identified the Case study/Impact assessment THE CASE OF BOLIVIA: Montevideo, Edif.
up study: 2002 blications/partner_publications/
collective impact of these MFIs and the aggregated impact of the sub-groups into Qualitative study based on Montevideo, Piso 3,
FINRURAL%20poverty%20dy
which these institutions were divided. The studies used a combination of experiences among women clients La Paz, Bolivia
namics%20english.doc
quantitative and qualitative methods in their research methodology. from the institutions CRECER and
PROMUJER Bolivia”.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 32 of 57
Available only in
Spanish. For general
information about the
Inter-American SME Observatory - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
- Country profile project, please see
Development Bank Bolivia spreadsheet blication/gen_159_3821_e.htm
the 'cross-country'
spreadsheet (IADB -
SME-observatory)
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
The United Kingdom DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor
the website includes links to several
Department for Country assistance plan countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. DFID's Country Assistance SME-related projects: Market Access for the http://www.dfid.gov.uk/countrie Contact information:
2002-2007 growth/poverty related case studies
International (CAP) Bolivia Plan for Bolivia focuses on the three key themes: social inclusion, pro-poor Poor (2002-2006) s/caribbean/bolivia.asp enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
and publications
Development (DFID) growth and pro-poor governance.
"SME Indicators". Publication
includes some SME stats number of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,
SMEs, definitions of SMEs, Colombia, Costa Rica, El
FUNDES SME projects 1995 FUNDES seeks to promote the competitiveness of the SME in Latin America SME projects http://home.fundes.org/ employment, etc) but is only Salvador, Guatemala, in Spanish
available in Spanish. Mexico, Panama,
During the facility’s first year of operations, Bolivia has been host to several
promising pilot initiatives such as municipal business simplification pilot in La Paz
IFC SME Development and the indigenous Enterprise Development project involving indigenous crafts
Programs- Latin producers from across the country. Building on these pilots, the facility is currently http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/lac.nsf/ Bolivia, Honduras,
IFC ongoing SME projects
America and the pursuing projects to extend these initiatives throughout the country and deepen Content/SMEfacility Nicaragua, Peru
Carribean Facility its impact in these areas. The facility’s work program in Bolivia encompasses all
four areas of focus, providing valuable experience and examples for the facility’s
work in other countries.
India, Indonesia,
United Nations Lots of articles and papers. For a Malaysia, Mexico,
Industrial For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' detailed list with links to full Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 project reports http://www.unido.org/doc/4308
Development spreadsheet documents go to: Jamaica, Bolivia,
Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org/en/doc/4307 Madagascar, Morocco
Tunisia
United Nations http://www.uncdf.org/english/e 37countries, including
UNCDF Impact For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Capital Develpoment 1991-1996 impact assessment valuations/bol90co1_expost.ph Bangladesh and Bolivia
Assessments - Bolivia spreadsheet
Fund (UNCDF) p (from our target group)
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 33 of 57
Brazil
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
The Central Register of Enterprises of IBGE - CEMPRE constitutes an important
register of data on the country´s economic activity, including economic
information from the annual surveys of the Institution in the areas of Industry,
Construction, Trade and Services, and the Annual Listing of Social Information -
RAIS. This publication presents the composition of these results, disaggregated
by levels of the National Classification of Economic Activities - CNAE and Major Complete publication in PDF:
Regions, federative units and municipalities from the capital, comprising
and Services. It includes technical notes, analysis of the results, focusing on the
more relevant economic activities in the generation of jobs and wages, aspects of
the demographic dynamic of the enterprises of the country, in the period from
1997 to 2001, by selected segments, and glossary with the concepts of the used
terminology.
Economic and financial information on the enterprises of the country´s wholesale Complete publication in PDF:
and retail trade, comprising, among other features, data on personnel employed, , Tables in Excell
Portuguese
regionalized indicators, information about kinds of business of retail companies,
Aiming at developing a classification of products from the services sector, IBGE
has been carrying out surveys supplementary to the Annual Survey of Services to
test the suitability of the adopted nomenclature and evaluate the relative weight of
Complete Publication in PDF:
products in relation to the net operational receipt of enterprises with 20 or more
, Tables in Excel
Services 2001-2002 presents, through tables and graphs, the results of this investigation relatively to Portuguese
international trade of services, aiming at measuring, in the surveyed activities, the
transactions between residents and non-residents, through the participation of
exports in the receipt.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Brazil spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=28
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 34 of 57
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
A snapshot of the investment climate in Brazil
(based on 1642 surveys). Survey results are http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' summarized by firm size, sector, exporter, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet ownership. They also include details on how es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
local firms perceive the economic and =28&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
The publication includes results of a special Notes: These results
survey and contains information on personnel are also available on
employed, wages, value added, receipts and the CD-ROM
expenditure of small and very small business the entire publication is available but enclosed with the
and services enterprises, disaggregated by oly in Portuguese publication, as well as
The publication includes results of the special survey carried out from the Annual levels of the National Classification of ; Tables IBGE publications
Enterprises in Brazil
and services enterprises in the generation of jobs and income by analysis, which includes the behavior of ; the intro is available also Central Register of
period from 1998 to 2000, and the structure of in English Enterprises Statistics;
costs of enterprises, among other indicators, in Annual Survey of
national and regional level. Stats listed in Trade; Annual Survey
PDFs on website. of Services
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Inter-American SME Observatory - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
- Country profile
Development Bank Brazil spreadsheet blication/gen_159_3824_e.htm
USAID seeks to reduce economic inequity in Brazil by stimulating trade led SME http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
Microfinance Program - growth, promoting the FTAA, and strengthening social safety net implementation, latin_america_caribbean/count
USAID ongoing Microfinance Program
Brazil improving regulatory environment and government policies, access to credit and ry/program_profiles/brazilprofil
market information, and related technical assistance to ignite SME led growth. e.html
Peru
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 35 of 57
A snapshot of the investment climate in Peru
(based on 576 surveys). Survey results are http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' summarized by firm size, sector, exporter, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet ownership. They also include details on how es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
local firms perceive the economic and =152&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Peru spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=152
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
ACTETSME aims to accelerate the development of SMEs in the Asia-Pacific
region through technology exchange and cooperation. The Center functions as Australia, Brunei,
resource hub with capabilities in electronic information networking, technical The Definition of SMEs according to Peruvian Canada, China, Taipei,
training and organizing of special activities for syndicating technology transfer law; classification of SMEs - by size (micro, Chile, Hong Kong,
projects. Its goals and activities include: linking databases of APEC economies small, med, lrge); by econ share; net sales; Indonesia, Japan, S.
The ACTEC SME
into a master database; providing economy-need and sector-specific services; labor share, gender division; age division, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Information Exchange ACTET SME - Peru 1994-2001 http://www.actetsme.org/peru/
facilitating business and entrepreneurial exchange visits and missions; conduct econ sector (production, commerce, services). N. Zealand, Papua New
Network
of productivity improvement, small business consultancy and management Also includes information on govt policies Guinea, Peru,
training programs for SMEs; undertaking of follow-up surveys on the needs of related to SMEs as well as general info about Philippines, Russia,
SMEs for the purpose of establishing program specifics, including subject, Peruvian economy, investment policies, etc. Singapore, Thailand,
content and host training institutions; developing a Network of Networks on SMEs USA, Vietnam
in APEC.
The paper describes the context, design, and findings of a baseline survey of
microentrepreneurs conducted in August 1997 in Lima, Peru. The data for the
baseline survey were collected from 701 microentrepreneur households in
AIMS (Assessing The http://www.usaidmicro.org/pub Dunn, Elizabeth 1999 .
metropolitan Lima. The baseline results indicate that the microfinance clients
Impact of s/pubsTemplate.asp?page=/co Microfinance Clients in Lima, Peru:
USAID 1997?-2000 differ from non-clients on many of the impact variables. More conclusive Case Study/Impact Assessment
Microenterprise mponen/aims/pubs/english/im Baseline Report for AIMS Core
information about the impacts of microfinance program participation on clients will
Services Project) pact2.htm Impact Assessment.
be available after the second round of the survey, scheduled for August 1999.
The longitudinal survey data will be complemented by qualitative information from
case studies and focus groups.
Microcredit appears to have both positive and negative impacts on enterprises,
households, and individuals. The evidence suggests that by including these The Questionnaires
AIMS (Assessing The http://www.usaidmicro.org/pub Dunn, Elizabeth, and Arbuckle Jr.,
relatively small loans into their financial management practices, clients can and Data Sets from
Impact of s/pubsTemplate.asp?page=/co J.Gordon 2001. The Impacts of
USAID Follow-up study consistently improve enterprise performance and increase household welfare. Case Study/Impact Assessment this research are also
Microenterprise mponen/aims/pubs/english/im Microcredit: A Case Study from
The positive impacts of microcredit appear to extend to the poor as well, although available for
Services Project) pact6.htm Peru.
poor clients were more likely to turn to asset-reducing coping strategies than their researches.
non-client counterparts.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 36 of 57
PROMUC is a network in Peru that offers supports to 11 microfinance institutions Katie Wright. 2004.
who implement a Community Bank programme; as well as 1,352 community RESEARCHING DIVERSE
banks in rural and urban areas. PROMUC seeks financial support for its IMPACTS OF MICROFINANCE: Address: PROMUC,
ImpAct/PROMUC members to enable them to expand their community bank projects. It also FINDINGS FROM QUALITATIVE Av. Arenales 645,
(Consortium for the develops human resources within the microfinance sector. As part of this, it http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/lati STUDIES IN PERU. Available Lima 1, Peru;
ImpAct - Case Study/Impact Assessment
Promotion of Women promotes client tracking and monitoring, financial services provision and namerica/promuc.html online: postmast@promuc.or
and Community) information sharing; it also produces methodological tools to facilitate http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/publicati g.pe;
microfinance service provision. PROMUC's primary objective in its work with Imp- ons/partner_publications/PROMUC www.promuc.org.pe
Act is to evaluate the efficacy of its communal banks programme and its impact %20Researching%20diverse%20im
in the poorest micro-entrepreneurial sector, mainly those led by women. pacts%20of%20MF.doc
Inter-American SME Observatory - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
- Country SME profile
Development Bank Peru spreadsheet blication/gen_159_3845_e.htm
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
The Development Impact of Small
and Medium Enterprises: Vol.1 & 2
Small Enterprise
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.seaf.com/reports.ht (Vol 1 contains theory and analysis,
Assistance Fund - - comparative case studies v. good!
spreadsheet m Volume 2 contains case studies of
(SEAF)
SMEs in Romania, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Peru, and Poland.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 37 of 57
Chemonics operates a USAID-funded proverty reduction project. Objective is to
contribute to the reduction of poverty through the generation sustainable income http://www.chemonics.com/pro
Poverty Reducation and
and eomployment and through the mobilization private investment toward 11 jects/default.asp?content_id={
Chemonics Alleviation Project 1999 - 2007
"Economic Corridors." The principal tool for gnerating income and employment is 0E17AEF3-6757-4CB4-8DA7-
(PRA)
through the use of "Economic Service Centers", regional offices that promote A32F18F00E5C}
private and market-driven enterprise growth by developing enterprises.
DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor Not so rich in terms of
The United Kingdom
countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. DFID's goals in Peru include the website includes links to several content as DFIDs
Department for Country assistance plan http://www.dfid.gov.uk/countrie
2002-2005 deepening democracy, rights and poverty reduction in Peru. Starting this year no specific information given growth/poverty related case studies other project sites.
International (CAP) Peru s/caribbean/peru.asp
(2005), DFID changed its strategy in Peru from bilateral country programmes to and publications Contact information:
Development (DFID)
a more multilateral Regional Assistance Plan (RAP). enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
The facility has completed a mapping study of the micro-finance sector in Peru,
has worked with several indigenous enterprises in Lima and Arequipa, and is
IFC SME Development undertaking a project with an NGO dedicated to developing the business skills
Programs- Latin and production capacity of indigenous textile enterprises through technical http://www.ifc.org/ifcext/lac.nsf/ Bolivia, Honduras,
IFC ongoing SME projects
America and the assistance program. As these projects are extended and deepened in the coming Content/SMEfacility Nicaragua, Peru
Carribean Facility year, the facility will expand its program to include municipal business
simplification initiatives, and also will explore linkage opportunities with IFC
investments in the region.
USAID programs help the extremely poor improve their access to and
participation in markets and support policies that promote economic growth and
delivery of basic services. The program provides technical support to micro- http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
Microfinance Program - enterprises and small producers; expands the use of environmentally sound latin_america_caribbean/count
USAID ongoing Microfinance Program
Peru production practices; supports integrated food security efforts and improved ry/program_profiles/peruprofile
nutrition practices; increases community participation in local development .html
decisions; increases public investment in key infrastructure and improves the
business regulatory framework.
Mexico
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Mexico spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=127
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 38 of 57
Definitions of SMEs by economy, number of
SMEs, number of SMEs as % of economy,
demographic distribution of people and SMEs
in APEC, number of people per SME, number Australia, Brunei,
of people employed by each SME, contribution Canada, China, Taipei,
of SMEs to the APEC economy, contribution to Chile, Hong Kong,
Small and Medium
total employment, contribution to private sector http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ape Indonesia, Japan, S.
Asia-Pacific Enterprises Working Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' jobs, contribution of micro, small and medium c/publications/all_publications/ Korea, Malaysia, Mexico,
Economic Group - Profile of SMEs 1990-2000 APEC 1990-2000 (Published in
spreadsheet SMEs to employment, changes in the relative small___medium_enterprises. N. Zealand, Papua New
Cooperation (APEC) and SME Issues in 2003)
composition by size of SMEs in APEC, html#2004 Guinea, Peru,
APEC 1990-2000
contribution to employment by SMEs by major Philippines, Russia,
industry sector, Long term trends, growth and Singapore, Thailand,
dynamics of SMEs in APEC, comparison of USA, Vietnam
growth in the number of SMEs, employment in
SMEs, GDP growth, and total employment
growth, etc.
China, Thailand,
Singapore, Philippines,
Includes SMEs' definition, role and importance of SMEs, difficulties encountered New Zealand, Mexico,
Asia-Pacific The APEC Survey on
by SMEs, best practices of member economies for SMEs, expectations of http://www.actetsme.org/files/d Malaysia, S. Korea,
Economic Small and Medium - country SME profiles excellent
cooperative activities, as well as suggestions on the APEC development ownfile.html Japan, Indonesia, Hong
Cooperation (APEC) Enterprises
measures for SMEs. Kong, Canada, Brunei,
australia, Chinese Taipei,
the US
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Inter-American SME Observatory - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
- Country SME profile
Development Bank Mexico spreadsheet blication/gen_159_3839_e.htm
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
USAID collaborates with Mexican partners to increase access to effective http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
Microfinance Program - financial services for traditionally underserved populations. The program will build latin_america_caribbean/count
USAID ongoing the capacity of microfinance institutions, improve the supervisory and regulatory
Mexico ry/program_profiles/mexicoprof
systems, and leverage remittances for new financial services, savings, and
ile.html
investment.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 39 of 57
India, Indonesia,
United Nations Lots of articles and papers. For a Malaysia, Mexico,
Industrial For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' detailed list with links to full Nicaragua, Honduras,
SME clusters project mid 1990s-2005 project reports http://www.unido.org/doc/4308
Development spreadsheet documents go to: Jamaica, Bolivia,
Organization (UNIDO) http://www.unido.org/en/doc/4307 Madagascar, Morocco
Tunisia
"SME Indicators". Publication
includes some SME stats number of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile,
SMEs, definitions of SMEs, Colombia, Costa Rica, El
FUNDES SME projects 1998 FUNDES seeks to promote the competitiveness of the SME in Latin America SME projects http://home.fundes.org/ employment, etc) but is only Salvador, Guatemala, in Spanish
available in Spanish. Mexico, Panama,
Eurasia, Africa
FINCA International seeks to create employment, raise family incomes, and (Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S.
reduce poverty worldwide. Since then, FINCA has been working through a St. NW | Suite 1100 |
International
FINCA International ongoing network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions in 23 countries, offering microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America Washington, DC
Community
savings and lending services to poor families using 'village banking' group- (Mexico, Guatemala, 20005 , Tel
Assistance (FINCA)
lending methodology. El Salvador, 202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
CAME is a communal bank working primarily in urban areas in the south-east of Haiti, Honduras)
Mexico
Centre for Support to Mexico City particularly in Valle de Chalco, Chalco, Ixtapaluca, Los Reyes and
http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/lati
Microentrepeneurs CAME ongoing Tlahuac. CAME provides credit and savings options, plus training, and works to microfinance/SME projects
namerica/came.html
(CAME) consolidate and promote small family enterprises and to provide work
opportunities.
Ecuador
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Ecuador spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=60
A snapshot of the investment climate in
Ecuador (based on 453 surveys). Survey http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' results are summarized by firm size, sector, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet exporter, ownership. They also include details es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
on how local firms perceive the economic and =60&characteristic=Size
regulatory climate.
Inter-American SME Observatory - For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.iadb.org/sds/mic/pu
- Country SME profile
Development Bank Ecuador spreadsheet blication/gen_159_3831_e.htm
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 40 of 57
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Eurasia, Africa
FINCA International seeks to create employment, raise family incomes, and (Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S.
reduce poverty worldwide. Since then, FINCA has been working through a St. NW | Suite 1100 |
International
FINCA International ongoing network of locally managed, self-supporting institutions in 23 countries, offering microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America Washington, DC
Community
savings and lending services to poor families using 'village banking' group- (Mexico, Guatemala, 20005 , Tel
Assistance (FINCA)
lending methodology. El Salvador, 202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
USAID's program focuses on two areas: a) support for strengthening the Haiti, Honduras)
microfinance sector, allowing increased access to financial and non-financial http://www.usaid.gov/locations/
Microfinance Program - services by urban and rural microentrepreneurs and b) strengthening the latin_america_caribbean/count
USAID ongoing
Ecuador macroeconomic environment by increasing fiscal transparency, improving tax ry/program_profiles/ecuadorpr
administration, strengthening the investment climate and promoting ofile.html
competitiveness.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 41 of 57
EAST/CENTRAL EUROPE
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - Country profile
database - Bosnia spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=26
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
A snapshot of the investment climate in Bosnia
and Herzegovina (based on 182 surveys). http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Survey results are summarized by firm size, mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet sector, exporter, ownership. They also include es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
details on how local firms perceive the =26&characteristic=Size
economic and regulatory climate.
Mercy Corps carried out its impact survey in Bosnia, where the institution’s
European affiliate, Mercy Corps/Scottish European Aid (MC/SEA), has been
Muench, Sasha 2000. “ Impact
operating a microcredit program since 1997. Data was gathered using interviews
AIMS (Assessing The http://www.usaidmicro.org/pub Survey Report of the Mercy Corps
and surveys of MC/SEA clients.. Overall, the impact survey concluded that
Impact of s/pubsTemplate.asp?page=/co International Microcredit Program
USAID 1997-2000 MC/SEA is meeting its program goals. The program is contributing to income Case Study/Impact Assessment
Microenterprise mponen/aims/pubs/english/par Bosina-Herzegovina” (April 2000).
generation and is targeting economically active disadvantaged people. By doing
Services Project) tner1.htm Washington, D.C.: Management
this in war-devastated areas, the program is assisting the communities in which it
Systems International.
works to regenerate. While not all improvements are statistically significant, the
microcredit program can claim that it is contributing to the wellbeing of its clients.
The study concludes that ICMC is successfully reaching its target group as per Tsilikounas, Caroline April 2000. “
AIMS (Assessing The client descriptor section, training needs and use of loan. There was an increase http://www.usaidmicro.org/pub
ICMC and Project Enterprise Bosnia
Impact of in household wellbeing among client respondents as well as an improvement in Case Study/Impact Assessment s/pubsTemplate.asp?page=/co
USAID 1997-1999 and Herzegovina.” Washington,
Microenterprise the business demonstrated through income and fixed assets. ….Overtime, clients mponen/aims/pubs/english/par
D.C.: Management Systems
Services Project) are better off in terms of the composite index of sales, profit, business tner2.htm
International.
development and assets acquisition.
This case study highlights developments in the Bosnian microfinance sector
Mark Berryman and Justyna
since its emergence in 2000. It focuses on data from six institutions and http://www.mixmbb.org/publica
The Microfinance Pytkowska. 2004. A Review of the
includes over four years of financial and institutional data. The case provides a tions/MBB%2010-
Information eXchange MIX publications 2000-2004 Case study Bosnian Microfinance Sector: Move
brief background of the sector, describes issues facing Bosnian MFIs, illustrates Case%20Study-Bosnia-
(MIX) to Financial Self-Sufficiency. Mix
the MFIs’ responses to the Bosnian operating environment, and highlights the Conference%20Final.doc
Publications.
growth and financial performance of the respective institutions.
The paper presents summary of findings from the study conducted within Imp-Act Matul, Michal and Caroline
project2 on the role of micro-enterprise lending in the household reconstruction http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/pu Tsilikounas. 2004. "The Role of
ImpAct ImpAct publications 1996-2002 process during 1996-2002 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH)3. This research is Case Study/Impact Assessment blications/joint_publications/M Microfinance in the Household
one of the first of its kind to examine the impact of minimalist microenterprise FC_SN6.pdf Reconstruction Process in Bosnia
credit on reconstruction and hopes to help engage in a debate about impact of and Hercegovina." MFC Spotlight
microfinance on reconstruction. Note #6.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 42 of 57
SMEs in Countries in Transition
(2001) – excellent publication -
discusses legislative aspects by
countries, SME supporting
measures and institutions, SWOT
(Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats) analysis for
each country, SME statistics
United Nations Enterpreneurship and (Number of Different Types of
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' links to SME policies, legislation, case studies, http://www.unece.org/indust/s Economic Units at the end of 2000 – Includes 27 E/CE
-
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet papers, etc me/ece-sme.htm 2001, Number of Incorporated countries
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs at the end of 2000 – 2001,
Employment in Incorporated SMEs
and in Total Economy at the end of
2000 –2001, Structure of
Incorporated SMEs by Sectors at
the end of 2000 – 2001, Index of
SMEs Development). Available:
http://www.unece.org/indust/sme/sm
epubli.pdf
Southeast Europe
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www2.ifc.org/seed/PDFs/ Albania, Bosnia,
WB/IFC Enterprise 5 yrs
spreadsheet Maps/SME_Map_BiH_Eng.pdf Yugoslavia, Macedonia
Development (SEED)
Romania
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Romania (based on 255 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =158&characteristic=Size
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Romania spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=158
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 43 of 57
Annual, Firm-level micro data; number of (1) Bojnec, Stefan; Konings, Josef,
observations: about 450-500 firms, Variables: ''Job Creation, Job Destruction and
Basic information about the firm (sector, Labour Demand in Slovenia.''
The 1996 survey was intended to shed light on firms performance and to make it
regional location, ownership type, privatization Comparative Economic Studies.
Leuven Institute for possible to compare de novo firms with state owned and privatized firms. A follow- The datasets are
Central and Eastern history, etc.), production (output, production Summer - Fall 1999. (2) Bulgaria, Hungary,
Central and East up survey was implemented interviewing same firms a year later. Stratified downloadable from William accompanied by
Europe Enterprise 1996-97 process, etc.), sales performance, competition Walsh, Patrick Paul; Whelan, Ciara, Slovak Republic,
European Studies sample of 50 de novo firms from trade, service and manufacturing industry, as Davidson Institute excellent
Survey, 1996 - 1997 on the input and output markets, ''Firm performance and the political Slovenia
(LICOS) well as 50 state owned or privatized firms mainly within manufacturing sector, documentation.
entrepreneurship characteristics, employment economy of corporate governance:
was drawn within each country.
and wage policy, financial situation of the firm, survey evidence for Bulgaria,
firm organization, and basic information of the Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia''
respondent. Economic Systems. June 2001
(1) Bilsen, V.; Konings, J., ''Job
Creation, Job Destruction and
Growth of Newly Established Private
number of observations: Bulgaria: 145 firms;
Firms in Transition Economies:
Romania: 152 firms; Variables: Basic
Survey evidence from Bulgaria,
Abstract: Cross-country, firm-level panel survey data from Bulgaria and Romania. information about the firm (sector, regional
Hungary and Romania.'' Journal of
Leuven Institute for Managers of 50 de novo firms and 100 traditional firms were interviewed. The location, ownership type, privatization history,
Central and Eastern Comparative Economics. Notes: This study is
Central and East survey was intended to be a follow-up on the 1996 and 1997 Central and Eastern etc.), production (output, production process, downloadable from William
Europe Enterprise 1996 - 2000 September 1998. (2) Walsh, Bulgaria, Romania accompanied by good
European Studies Europe Enterprise survey (DDCN Study ID 0012) for the two countries in order to etc.), sales performance, competition on the Davidson Institute
Survey, 1998 Patrick P.; Whelan, Ciara, ''Firm documentation.
(LICOS) give better insight into firms' performance and corporate governance within input and output markets, entrepreneurship
Performance and the Political
transition economies. characteristics, employment and wage policy,
Economy of Corporate Governance:
financial situation of the firm, firm organization,
Survey Evidence for Bulgaria,
and basic information of the respondent.
Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.''
LICOS Catholic University
Discussion Paper Series. 1999.
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
Ministry for SMEs and
United Nations Enterpreneurship and case study/presentation - overview of SME
http://www.unece.org/indust/s Cooperatives, Romania. 2000.
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' sector in Romania. Includes charts, graphs,
- me/Romanian%20SME%20se "Small and medium-sized - very good
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet statistics and comparisons with the EU
ctor%20presentation.pdf enterprises in Romania." UNECE
Europe (UNECE) Series standards
Presentation.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 44 of 57
case study- lSME legislative aspects, SME
supporting measures and institutions, SWOT
(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities,
Threats) analysis for each country, SME
United Nations Enterpreneurship and statistics (Number of Different Types of
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Economic Units at the end of 2000 – 2001, http://www.unece.org/indust/s SMEs in Countries in Transition Includes 27 E/CE
- excellent publication
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet Number of Incorporated SMEs at the end of me/smepubli.pdf (2001) countries
Europe (UNECE) Series 2000 – 2001, Employment in Incorporated
SMEs and in Total Economy at the end of
2000 –2001, Structure of Incorporated SMEs
by Sectors at the end of 2000 – 2001, Index of
SMEs Development).
United Nations Enterpreneurship and Country profile, including a list of national SME
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' offices, definitions of SMEs, major laws, http://www.unece.org/indust/s
- good contact info
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet decrees, and Ministerial orders promoting me/romania.htm
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs, contact information
The Development Impact of Small
and Medium Enterprises: Vol.1 & 2
Small Enterprise
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.seaf.com/reports.ht (Vol 1 contains theory and analysis,
Assistance Fund - - comparative case studies v. good!
spreadsheet m Volume 2 contains case studies of
(SEAF)
SMEs in Romania, Bolivia, Bulgaria,
Peru, and Poland.
company profiles - including name and http://www.informest.it/look- Austria, Belgium,
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' legal status, field of activity, company east/database/smedatabas Bulgaria, Greece,
EU-Look East Net sme database various details, markets, no longitudinal data e.asp Hungary, Italy,
spreadsheet
Romania, Spain,
Slovenia
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Contact Info:
Regional Programme
for the Support of
Regional Programme Private Enterprise
United Nations
for the Support of Development c/o
Development ?? SME regional project ??
Private Enterprise UNDP, P.O. Box 1-
Programme
Development 701, Bucharest,
Romania, Tel: (40-1)
230 7627, Fax: (40-1)
230 7628
DFID is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor
countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. Through its cooperation with Not so rich in terms of
The United Kingdom
the PHARE, the European Commission, and the World Bank and IMF the website includes links to several content as DFIDs
Department for Country assistance plan http://www.dfid.gov.uk/countrie
- programmes, DFID's mission in Romania seeks to increase the capacity of no specific information given growth/poverty related case studies other project sites.
International (CAP) Romania s/europe/romania.asp
government (central, regional and local), civil society and the private sector to and publications Contact information:
Development (DFID)
carry out and sustain the transition whilst ensuring that social dimensions are enquiry@dfid.gov.uk
properly addressed.
Romanian National
Agency for promotion ? ? ? ? http://www.mimmc.ro/ ? ? only in Romanian
of SMEs
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 45 of 57
Montenegro
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank database - Serbia and - country profile
spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
Montenegro
?economyid=206
A snapshot of the investment climate in Serbia http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' and Montenegro (based on 508 surveys). mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet They also include details on how local firms es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
perceive the economic and regulatory climate. =206&characteristic=Size
Southeast Europe
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www2.ifc.org/seed/PDFs/ Albania, Bosnia,
WB/IFC Enterprise 5 yrs brief country SME profile
spreadsheet Maps/SME_Map_Serbia.pdf Yugoslavia, Macedonia
Development (SEED)
Ukraine
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Ukraine spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=194
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Ukraine (based on 463 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =194&characteristic=Size
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
United Nations Enterpreneurship and Country profile, including a list of national SME
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' offices, definitions of SMEs, major laws, http://www.unece.org/indust/s
- good contact info
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet decrees, and Ministerial orders promoting me/ukraine.htm
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs, contact information
Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Georgia, Kazakhstan,
IFC Private Enterprise For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
IFC ongoing SME projects http://www.ifc.org/pep Kyrgyz Republic, Russia,
Partnership spreadsheet
Tajikistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan, Mongolia
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 46 of 57
Georgia
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Georgia spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=194
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Georgia (based on 174 surveys).. They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =74&characteristic=Size
United Nations Enterpreneurship and Country profile, including a list of national SME
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' offices, definitions of SMEs, major laws, http://www.unece.org/indust/s
- good contact info
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet decrees, and Ministerial orders promoting me/georgia.htm
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs, contact information
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
CR, SR
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank database - Czech Rep, - country profile
spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
Sk
?economyid=55
The World Bank 2002 Slovakia (based on 170 surveys). They also
Survey database spreadsheet
United Nations Enterpreneurship and Country profile, including a list of national SME
Economic SME development in For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' offices, definitions of SMEs, major laws, http://www.unece.org/indust/s
- good contact info
Commission for Countries of Transition spreadsheet decrees, and Ministerial orders promoting me/czechsme.htm
Europe (UNECE) Series SMEs, contact information
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 47 of 57
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 48 of 57
AFRICA
Uganda
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Uganda spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=193
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Uganda (based on 300 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =193&characteristic=Size
The assessment findings suggest that the strategies of the three MFI programs
result in clients acquiring valued skills and knowledge, adding new products or
AIMS (Assessing The services, moving to new premises or selling in new markets, improving or Barnes, Carolyn, Gary Gaile, and
expanding their enterprise premises, reducing costs by buying in bulk, and http://www.usaidmicro.org/pdfs
Impact of 2001 (follow up Richard Kimbombo 2001. “Impact
USAID increasing the size of their stock and sales volume. These results suggest that Case study/Impact assessment /aims/uganda_2_final_3-13-
Microenterprise study) of Three Microfinance Programs in
loan funds or profits from use of the loans open up a range of choices that the 01.pdf
Services Project) Uganda.”
microentrepreneur otherwise would be unlikely to have. In these ways,
participation in the three MFI program branches studied has empowered clients
who were primarily women.
The paper presents baseline findings of a two-stage assessment on the impact of
microfinance services on clients, their households, and enterprises in Uganda. A
Barnes, Carolyn, Gayle Morris and
AIMS (Assessing The section of the assessment also examines the linkages between rural and urban http://www.usaidmicro.org/pub
Gary Gaile 1998. An Assessment
Impact of microentrepreneurs and the agricultural sector. The findings and analysis cover s/pubsTemplate.asp?page=/co
USAID 1997, 1999 Case study/Impact assessment of the Impact of Microfinance
Microenterprise basic characteristics of respondents and their households, sources of income, mponen/aims/pubs/english/mi
Services in Uganda: Baseline
Services Project) uses of income, financial services, empowerment, and agricultural sector ssion1.htm
Findings.
linkages. Follow-up data will be collected in two to three years on the same
variables in order to assess change and measure impact
Uganda Research Project. Eurasia, Africa
http://www.ids.ac.uk/impact/publi (Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
Foundation for cations/partner_publications/FIN Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite 1100 |
International For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
FINCA International ongoing microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ CA%20Uganda%20Programme Africa), Latin America Washington, DC
Community spreadsheet
%20Evaluation.pdf (Mexico, Guatemala, 20005 , Tel
Assistance (FINCA)
El Salvador, 202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
Haiti, Honduras)
United Nations 37countries - including
UNCDF Impact For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' http://www.uncdf.org/english/c
Capital Development - microfinance project Uganda, Ethiopia,
Assessments spreadsheet ountries/uganda/index.php
Fund (UNCDF) Tanzania, Bangladesh
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 49 of 57
Ethiopia
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
The World Bank Doing Business http://rru.worldbank.org/Doi
database - Ethiopia For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' ngBusiness/ExploreEconom
country profile
spreadsheet ies/BusinessClimateSnapsh
ot.aspx?economyid=66
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Ethiopia (based on 427 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =66&characteristic=Size
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
Ghana
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Ghana spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=76
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Tanzania
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 50 of 57
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Tanzania spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=185
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Tanzania (based on 276 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =185&characteristic=Size
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Eurasia, Africa
(Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite 1100 |
International For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
ImpAct ongoing microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America Washington, DC
Community Assistance spreadsheet
(Mexico, Guatemala, 20005 , Tel
(FINCA)
El Salvador, 202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
Haiti, Honduras)
Nigeria
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Nigeria spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=143
A snapshot of the investment climate in http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Nigeria (based on 232 surveys). They also mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet include details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =143&characteristic=Size
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 51 of 57
South Africa
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - South Africa spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=172
Employment -> Job 44 countries, including
Programme (SEED) - Creation and Enterprise Bolivia, Czech Rep,
International Labor For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
Database of small up to 2005 country SME profile Development -> Small Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru,
Organization (ILO) spreadsheet
enterprise definitions, Enterprise Development -> Philippines, Romania,
policies, laws and Policy Environment - Slovakia, S. Africa
regulations >Database of small enterprise
definitions, policies, laws and
regulations
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
Eurasia, Africa
(Uganda, tanzania, Contact: 1101 14th
Foundation for Zambia, Malawi, S. St. NW | Suite 1100 |
International For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country'
ImpAct ongoing microfinance projects http://www.villagebanking.org/ Africa), Latin America Washington, DC
Community Assistance spreadsheet
(Mexico, Guatemala, 20005 , Tel
(FINCA)
El Salvador, 202.682.1510
Nicaragua, Equador,
Haiti, Honduras)
SEF is a microfinance institution (MFI), based in the Limpopo Province of South
Africa, works towards the elimination of poverty and unemployment by providing
Small Enterprise microfinance services to the poor and the very poor. SEF's mission is to provide
ImpAct ongoing microfinance/SME project http://www.sef.co.za/
Foundation (SEF) financial and support services to the poor in order to enable them to rise above
the poverty line and to provide financial services to low income micro-
entrepreneurs to enable them to stabilize and grow their enterprises.
Kenya
Data Provider Title Time Period Abstract/Description Variables/Types of data Data Access/Link Related Article(s) Cross-country Ref. Notes
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 52 of 57
Variables: Policy instability and uncertainty,
Batra, Geeta; Kaufmann, Daniel;
taxes and regulations, inflation and price
Stone, Andrew H.W., ''Voices of the
instability, exchange rates, finance,
World Business Firms 2000 : Investment Climate
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' governance, the legal system and corruption, http://info.worldbank.org/gover
The World Bank Environment Survey 1999-2000 and Governance Findings of the 80 countries
spreadsheet quality of public services including nance/wbes/
(WBES) 2000 World Business Environmental
infrastructure, corruption, judiciary, lobbying,
Survey (WBES).'' The World Bank
investment climate and the quality of the
Discussion Draft. 2002.
business environment.
http://rru.worldbank.org/Doing
Doing Business For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' Business/ExploreEconomies/B
The World Bank - country profile
database - Kenya spreadsheet usinessClimateSnapshot.aspx
?economyid=101
A snapshot of the investment climate in Kenya http://rru.worldbank.org/Invest
Investment Climate For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' (based on 284 surveys). They also include mentClimate/ExploreEconomi
The World Bank 2002
Survey database spreadsheet details on how local firms perceive the es/Snapshot.aspx?economyid
economic and regulatory climate. =101&characteristic=Size
http://wdsbeta.worldbank.org/e Ayyagari, Meghana et al. 2003.
Variables: number of employees, total net
xternal/default/WDSContentSe "Small and Medium Enterprises
For general information about the project, please see the 'cross-country' assets, sales and investment level,GDP share Meghana has access
The World Bank SME database 1990-99 (at least) rver/IW3P/IB/2003/09/30/0000 Across the Globe: A New about 70 countries
spreadsheet of the SME sector, size of the shadow to the database
94946_0309160409277/Rend Database." The World Bank
economy labor force, etc.
ered/PDF/multi0page.pdf Working Paper 3127.
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 53 of 57
MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA
egypt?
morocco?
Tunisia?
Lebanon?
IRIS-SME Country-specific data sources Page 54 of 57
National statistical institutes
What's in here: links to national statistical offices and institutes
Country Data Provider Time Period Link Notes
Bangladesh Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics 1993-1997 http://www.bbsgov.org/ see esp. " Brochure 1998"
Bolivia Instituto Nacional de Estadistica - Bolivia 1990s-2004 http://www.ine.gov.bo/ only in Spanish
Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina ?? http://www.bhas.ba/ see esp "Statistical Bulletins" section
Central Bank of Bosnia and Hercegovina 1999-2004 http://www.cbbh.gov.ba/en/statistics.html
Bosnia
Federal Office of Statistics - Bosnia and Hercegovina 1998-2004 http://www.fzs.ba/Eng/index.htm some info only in Bosnian
Republika Srpska - Institute for Statistics 1990s-2004 http://www.rzs.rs.ba/English.htm some info only in Serbian
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics 1945-present http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/default.php only in Portuguese
http://www.bcb.gov.br/ingles/mPag.asp?perfil=1&cod=153&codP=17&idiom
Brazil Central Bank of Brazil 1990s
a=I
National Statistical Society ?? http://www.redeabe.org.br/ in portugese
Ethiopia Central Statistical Office ?? no web link
Statistics Indonesia 1998-2002 http://www.bps.go.id/index.shtml
Indonesia Central Bank of Indonesia ?? http://www.bi.go.id/web/en
contact person: Mr. Subagio Dwijosumono
Indonesian Statistical Society ?? bagiodw@mailhost.bps.go.id
Montenegro
Peru National Institute of Statistics and Informatics 1991-2003 http://www.inei.gob.pe/ Spanish only
National Statistics Office 1990s-now http://www.census.gov.ph/
National Statistical Coordination Board 1980s-now http://www.nscb.gov.ph/i-stats/makro/tables/default.asp?xu=&yp=&lang= some data subject to a subscription fee
Philippines
A number of working papers related to SMEs and
Philippine Institute for Development Studies - Economic and Social Database mid 1990s-2003 http://www.pids.gov.ph/
development
Central Bank of Philippines 1999- now http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/stats.htm
National Institute of Statistics 1998-now http://www.insse.ro/indexe.htm
Romania
National Bank of Romania early 1990s-now http://www.bnro.ro/def_en.htm
Uganda Bureau of Statistics 1990s-now http://www.ubos.org/
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IRIS-SME National Statistical Institutes Page 56 of 57
What's in here: links to potentially interesting articles and publications
Citation Abstract Source/Link Cost Notes
David Watkins. “ Annual Review of Progress in Abstract: publication of the European Foundation for For more info + link to table of 85 euro David Watkins - Southampton
Entrepreneurship Research” Volumes 1 (2000-2001) and 2 Management Development Entrepreneurship, Innovation contents go to: University Business School -
(2002-2003). and Small Business (EISB) Network. Each volume http://www.efmd.org/html/Knowledge/ david.watkins@solent.ac.uk
consists of the following three sections: (1) Critical publ_detail.asp?id=040929yuch&aid=
Reviews -- Three or more substantial academic reviews of 041028ywrb&tid=3
the state of knowledge on a key topic of relevance to
workers in the field of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and
SME Development, including an indication of gaps in our
current understanding. These are invited contributions
from eminent academics with mainly European
perspective. (2) Records of the Annual Entrepreneurship,
Innovation and Small Business Conference. (3) Recent
Research on Entrepreneurship and Reflections on the