This volume sets out an updated Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Index (SME-DI) that aims to help policy makers in developing Asia overcome the limited availability of data on small businesses. The volume presents a new pilot of the SME-DI that fills in missing data by using a probabilistic principal component analysis model. The researchers used pilot testing to generate a regional SME-DI for 15 countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia, based on the 2021 Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor database. The study also constructed a national index for Viet Nam using business registration data.
| ISBN: | 9789292694661 |
| Publication date: | 30th June 2022 |
| Author: | Asian Development Bank |
| Publisher: | Asian Development Bank |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 42 pages |
| Series: | Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor |
| Genres: |
Central / national / federal government policies Political economy Entrepreneurship / Start-ups E-commerce: business aspects Small businesses and self-employment |