SME Policy Index: The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa 2014
Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe
This report assesses the elaboration and implementation of SME policy in eight Middle East and North African economies of the southern Mediterranean shore. The assessment is structured according to the ten policy principles covered in the Small Business Act for Europe (the SBA). One of the main findings is that over the last five years there has been progress in SME policy elaboration and implementation in spite of the political and economic turmoil. However, that progress has been modest, incremental and uneven across economies and dimensions. Political and economic stability, as well as institutional development, had a major impact on policy performance.
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Jordan
Jordan is the second smallest economy in the MED region and has a GDP per capita of USD 4 879, placing it among the upper-middle income countries according to the World Bank income group classification (the other MED economies in this classification are Algeria, Lebanon and Tunisia).
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