TY - BOOK ID - 7985970 TI - SME Policy Index: The Mediterranean Middle East and North Africa 2014 : Implementation of the Small Business Act for Europe AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. AU - The European Commission. AU - European Training Foundation. PY - 2014 SN - 9264218416 9264218408 PB - Paris : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Government aid to small business -- Europe, Eastern. KW - Informal sector (Economics) -- Europe, Eastern. KW - Small business -- Europe, Eastern. KW - Management KW - Business & Economics KW - Industrial Management KW - Small business KW - Government aid to small business KW - Businesses, Small KW - Medium-sized business KW - Micro-businesses KW - Microbusinesses KW - Microenterprises KW - Small and medium-sized business KW - Small and medium-sized enterprises KW - Small businesses KW - SMEs (Small business) KW - Government aid KW - Business KW - Business enterprises KW - Industries KW - Finance KW - Size UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7985970 AB - 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. ER -