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As governments around the world continue to grapple with uncertain economic prospects and important social challenges, they are looking to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs as an important source of economic growth and social cohesion. Appropriate access to finance is a critical prerequisite to enable these businesses to invest, grow and create jobs, and the issue has been climbing steadily up the policy agenda in recent years. But effective policy responses for SME finance require coherent and meaningful evidence.
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The OECD Scoreboard on SME and entrepreneurship finance provides a comprehensive framework for monitoring SMEs’ and entrepreneurs’ access to finance over time. The country profiles present data for a number of core indicators, which measure trends in SME debt and equity financing, solvency and policy measures by governments. Taken together, the set of indicators provide policy makers and other stakeholders with a consistent framework to evaluate whether SME financing needs are being met, to support the design and evaluation of policy measures, and to monitor the implications of financial reforms on SMEs’ access to finance.
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Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2016 monitors SMEs’ and entrepreneurs’ access to finance in 37 countries over the period 2007-14, with the pre-crisis year 2007 serving as a benchmark. Based on data collected for the country profiles and information from demand-side surveys, this report includes indicators of debt, equity, asset-based finance and framework conditions for SME and entrepreneurship finance, complemented by further sources of information and recent public and private initiatives to support SME finance. Taken together, these indicators form a comprehensive framework for policy makers and other stakeholders to evaluate the financing needs of SMEs and determine whether they are being met. This report also constitutes a valuable tool to support the design and evaluation of policy measures, and to monitor the implications of financial reforms on access to finance and financing conditions for SMEs.
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