2016 SME Policy Index scores for Eastern partner countries

The SME Policy Index is a benchmarking tool (Box 0.1) to help emerging economies monitor and evaluate progress in policies that support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The index was developed in 2006 by the OECD in partnership with the European Commission, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and the European Training Foundation (ETF) (the “partner organisations” see Annex B). It has been applied to several regions which fall under the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Enlargement Policy: the Western Balkans (in 2006, 2009, and 2012, which included Turkey for the first time) the EaP countries (in 2012) and the Middle East and North Africa (in 2008 and 2013). This 2016 report presents the findings of the second assessment of the Eastern partner (EaP) countries.