Data Reported Annually Data Sources
 
x ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics.  2005.  Characteristics of Small Business, Australia.  Belconnen.  
  ACTET APEC Center for Technology Exchange and Training for Small and Medium Enterprises.  2005.  Laguna.      
  ADB Asian Development Bank.  "The Social Impact of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Asia: Evidence from Thialand, the Philippines, and Indonesia"      
  ADB Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, "Vie Private Sector Assessment"      
x AISR Austrian Institute for SME Research.      
  APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and Pacific Economic Cooperation Council. 2002. Profile of SMEs and SME Issues in APEC 1990–2000.  Small and Medium Enterprises Working Group. Singapore      
  APEC Chile, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.  2004.  Entrepreneurial Development Policies for Chile’s Small Business Companies.  Santiago.      
  APEC Peru, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.  2005.  Implementation of the Strategic Policy Framework and Action Plan for SME Development (SPAN).  Lima.      
  APEC Korea, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.  2005.  The Supporting System for Micro-Enterprise in Korea.  Seoul.      
x ARMSTAT Armenia, 2005.  National Statistical Service.  Yerevan.      
x AZSTAT Azerbaijan, The State Statistical Committee.  Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan, 2004.  Baku.      
  BC Azzopardi, T.  2005.  Small Businesses in Chile.  Business Chile.  Santiago.      
x BCSO Botswana, Central Statistics Office. 2003.  Industrial Census. Gaborone.      
  BGDS Bermuda, Department of Statistics.  2005.  Employment Survey.  Hamilton      
  BNM Bank Negara Malaysia, Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Annual Report 2005.      
  BSMEPA Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency, Annual Report on SMEs.      
x CBS Croatia, Central Bureau of Statistics. First Release: Number and Structure of Business Entities, December 2004.. Zagreb.    
  CBSAN Netherlands Antilles, Central Bureau of Statistics.  Business Census, 1998.      
  CBSNP Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics.  Kathmundu, 2005.      
  CEA Macedonia, Center for Economic Analysis.  "Methodology for Transaction Cost Measuring"      
  CONAMYPE El Salvador, Conamype: Micro and Small Sector.  2003.  How is the Micro Sector and Small Salvadorian Company?  San Salvador.      
x CYSTAT Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus.  2003.  Nicosia.      
  CZSO Czech Statistical Office.  2005.  Indicators of Social and Economic Development, 1990-2005.  Praha.    
x CZSO Czech Statistical Office.  Statistical Yearbook of the Czech Republic 2004.  Praha    
x DANE Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica      
  DCS Sri Lanka, Department of Census and Statistics.  2004.  Census of Industries.  Colombo.      
x DOS Jordan, Department of Statistics.  Economic Surveys.  2003.  Amman.      
  DTIPH Philippines, Department of Trade and Industry.  2004.  Small and Medium Enterprises Statistical Report.  Makati City.      
  EBRD Falcetti, E, Sanfey, P, and Taci, A.  2003.  Working paper No.80:  Bridging the gaps?  Private Sector development, capital flows and investment climate in south-eastern Europe.  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.  London.      
  EC European Commission. 2004.  2003 Observatory of European SMEs.  Luxembourg.      
  EIM Eshuis, P.  2000.  The State of Small Business in the Netherlands 1997/1998.  Entrepreneurship in the Netherlands, Zoetermeer.      
  EIM Pichler, I & Oberholzner, T.  2001.  Business Demography:  Austrian Report Contribution (of the Seventh Report of the European Observatory for SMEs).  Zoetermeer.      
  ESRF Wangwe, S. 1999.  Micro and Small Enterprises Development and Employment Implications: Review for Current Status and Prospects.  Economic and Social Research Foundation, Dar es Salaam.      
x FSO Germany, Federal Statistics Office.  2002.  Berlin.      
  FUNDES FUNDES Internacional. n.d.   Indicatores del Entorno de la Pequena y Mediana Empresa (PyME) en los Paises FUNDES.   Heredia, Costa Rica.      
  GSO Vietnam, General Statistics Office.  Industrial Complete Survey 01-03.  Hanoi.      
  HKSME Hong Kong, China.  SME Information Centre:  SMEs in Hong Kong.  2001.        
  HSBC United Arab Emirates, HSBC Bank Middle East.  Corporate Affairs Department.  2004.  The Development and prospects of small and medium companies in the UAE.  Dubai.      
  IADB Inter-American Development Bank. Various years. SME Observatory. Washington, D.C.      
  IADB Inter American Development Bank.  2002.  Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: The Creation and Development of New Firms in Latin America and East Asia.  Washington, D.C.      
  IADB Guaipatin, C.  2003.  Observatorio MIPYME:  Compilacion estadistica para 12 paises de la Region.  IADB.  Washington, D.C.      
  IBGE Brazilian Statistical Institute. 2001. Enterprise Census 2000–2001. Brasília.      
x ICBS Israel, Central Bureau of Statistics.  Statistical Abstract of Israel 2005.  Tel Aviv.      
  ICSO India Central Statistical Organization.  2004.  Monthly Abstract of Statistics.  New Delhi.      
  IDRC Boeh-Ocansey, O. and Cudjoe, S.  2005.  Private Sector Development in Ghana:  The Challenges and the Lessons.  International Development Research Center.  Private Enterprise Foundation.        
  IFC International Finance Corporation and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs of Switzerland. 2003.  Business Environment in Uzbekistan as Seen by Small and Medium Enterprises.  Tashkent.      
  IFC Indonesia, International Finance Corporation.  SME Department.  2000.  Indonesia Map.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Kenya, International Finance Corporation.  African Region Department.  2005.  Kenya SME Country Study.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Macedonia, International Finance Corporation.  SME Department.  2003.  Overview of the SME Sector in Macedonia.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Mali, International Finance Corporation.  SME Department.  2001.  Présentation du secteur des PME au Mali.  Washington, DC.    
  IFC Nigeria, International Finance Corporation.  SME Department.  2001.  Overview of the SME Sector in Nigeria.  Washington, DC      
  IFC Serbia, International Finance Corporation.  SME Department.  2003.  Overview of the SME Sector in Serbia.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Tajikistan, International Finance Corporation.  2003.  Business Environment in Tajikistan as seen by Small and Medium Businesses.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Uzbekistan, International Finance Corporation.  2003.  Business Environment in Uzbekistan as Seen by Small and Medium Enterprises.  Washington, DC.      
  IFC Kashangaki, J.  2005.  Tanzania MSME Access to Finance Assessment.  International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC.      
  IFC Wenner, Mark & Chalmers, Geoffrey, "Microfinance Issues and Challenges in the Anglophone Caribbean".  2001.  Washington, DC.      
  IFM Gunterberg, B. and Wolter, H.  2002.  "Business Size Statistics 2001/2002-Data and Facts.  Chapter 5:  Occupation and Business Size".  Berlin.      
  IFM Gunterberg, B. and Kayser, G.  SMEs in Germany Facts and Figures 2004.  Institut fur Mittelstandsforschung Bonn.  Berlin.      
  ILO Fernando, A.  2001.  Challenges of Growth, Employment and Decent Work.  Country Profile:  Sri Lanka.  Small and Medium Enterprise Component.  International Labor Organization.  Colombo.      
  ILO Stevenson, L, and St-Onge, A.  2005.  Support for Growth-oriented Women Entrepreneurs in Kenya.  International Labor Organization and African Development Bank.  Geneva.      
  IME Bulgaria, Institute for Market Economics.  "In Search of Growth:  Bulgaria's Lessons and Policy Options".      
x INDCA Industry Canada.  2005.  Key Small Business Statistics.  Ottawa.      
x INE Spain, National Institute of Statistics.  2005.  Madrid.      
x INEC Costa Rica, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos.  2004.      
  INEI Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (INEI).  Censo Nacional Economico.      
x INSEE France, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.  2005.  Paris.      
  INSEE France, National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.  Les petites enterprises industrielles en 2001.  Paris.      
x INSTAT Albania, Institute of Statistics.  2004.  Tirana.    
  IRBS Choi, B. and Ward, D.  2004.  Analysis of Statistical Units Delineated by OECD Member Countries.  18th International Roundtable on Business Survey Frames.   Beijing.      
  KFW Beck, M.  2005.  EFSE, The European Fund for Southeast Europe.  KFW.  Brussels.      
x KSH Hungarian Central Statistical Office.  2005.  Budapest.      
  LACTA Brazil, LAC Technical Assistance Facility.  2001.  State Economic Memorandum:  Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Northeast Brazil.  Lima.      
x MEE Bulgaria, Ministry of Economy and Energy.  Annual report on the Condition and Development of SMEs in Bulgaria 2004.  2005.  Sofia.      
  MET Lebanon.  Ministry of Economic Trade.  2005.  Inception Report.  Beirut.      
  MIH-GTZ Survey MIH-GTZ Survey      
  MNSO Malawi, National Statistical Office. 2001. National Gemini MSE Baseline Survey 2000. Lilongwe.      
  MPA Privatization Agency of the Republic of Macedonia.      
  NAED North Africa Enterprise Development Facility.       
  NBS National Bank of Serbia.  2002.  Annual Accounts.  Beograd.      
  NBSCN National Bureau of Statistics of China.  2003.  Communique on the Main Results of the Second National Census of Basic Units in China.  Beijing.      
  NSOM Malta, National Statistics Office.  2006.      
  NTSA Falkena, Hans, Iraj Abedian, Magali von Blottnitz, Cas Coovadia, Gabriel Davel, Joe Madungandaba, Elias Masilela, and Stuart Lees. n.d.  “Access to Finance in South Africa: A Supply-Side Regulatory Review.” In Access to Finance in South Africa: A Supply-Side Regulatory Review. National Treasury of South Africa, Task Group of the Policy Board for Financial Services and Regulation, Pretoria.      
  NZMED New Zealand, Ministry of Economic Development. 2005. SMEs in New Zealand: Structure and Dynamics. Wellington.      
  OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2005.  Small and Medium Enterprise Entrepreneurship Outlook. Paris.      
  OECD Turkey, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.  2004.  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Turkey.  Paris.      
  OECD OECD.Stat Metadata      
x PCBS Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics      
  PEP Private Enterprise Partnership.      
x PFBS Pakistan Federal Bureau of Statistics      
  PME Poland, Ministry of Economy. 2004.  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Context of Large Enterprises, Economic and Financial Relations.  Warsaw.      
  PSL Luxembourg, Portail des Statistiques.  2005.  Les Entreprises Luxembourgeoises Repertoire Systematique.  Luxembourg City.      
  PSL Luxembourg, Portail des Statistiques.  2004.  Demographie des entreprises 1997-2001.  Luxembourg City.      
  RDB Serbia, Republic Development Bureau, "The Spring Report on Economic Trends".      
x RINS Romania, National Institute of Statistics.  Romanian Statistical Yearbook 2004.  Bucharest.      
  RMSC Romania, Ministry for SMEs and Co-operatives.  2001.  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Romania.  Bucharest      
  ROC Bermuda Registrar of Companies.  2004.  Hamilton.      
  RSMERC Russian Federation, Russian SME Resource Center. 2004. Analysis of the Role and Place of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Russia, Statistical Reference, 2004.  Moscow.       
  SA Austria, 2004.  Statistik Austria.  Vienna.      
  SBA Small Business Administration. The Small Business Economy:  A Report to the President (2005).  Washington, D.C.        
  SBDK Statistics Denmark.  Statistical Yearbook 2005: General Economic Statistics.  Copenhagen.      
  SBF Ireland, Small Business Forum.  Report of the Small Business Forum (2005).      
  SBJP Japan, Statistics Bureau.  2004.  Establishment and Enterprise Census.      
x SBS United Kingdom,  Small Business Service.  2005.  London.      
x SCBS Sudan Central Bureau of Statistics      
x SDS Singapore Department of Statistics.  Economic Surveys Series: The Services Sector 2003.  Singapore.      
  SDSME Serbian Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship.  Annual Report.  Beograd.      
x SE Estonia, Statistics Estonia.  2006.       
  SEDF South Asia Enterprise Development Facility.  Mid-Term Review.  2005.  Bangladesh.      
  SGE Georgia, State Department of Statistics of Georgia.  2004, Business in Georgia.  Tbilisi.      
  SGCN National Bureau of Statistics of China.  Statistical Communique of the People’s Republic of China on the 2004 National Economic and Social Development.  Beijing.      
  SICE Statistics Iceland.  2005.  Reykjavík      
  SIS Republic of Turkey State Institute of Statistics.  2002.  Ankara.      
  SLITH Statistics Lithuania.  2003.  Vilnius.      
  SMBA Korea.  Small and Medium Business Administration.        
  SMEDA Lithuanian Development Agency for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.  "Small and Medium-sized Business in Lithuania."      
  SMEDNC Armenia, Small & Medium Enterprise Development National Center of Armenia.  "Small & Medium Entrepreneurship Sphere in Armenia".      
  SMIDEC Malaysia, Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation.  2003.  Selangor Darul Ehsan.      
  SMU Mauritius, Central Statistical Office.  2002.  Port-Louis.      
  SN Statistics Netherlands.  Statistical Yearbook 2004.  Voorburg.      
  SN CBS Statline Data      
  SNO Statistics Norway.  2005.  StatBank:  Industrial Activities.  Oslo.    
  SORS Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.  2005.  Ljubljana.    
  SOSR Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic.  2004.  Bratislava.    
  STATBEL Belgium, 2004.  National Statistical Institute (INS).  Brussel.    
  STSA Statistics South Africa.  2004.  Pretoria.    
x SWSCB Statistics Sweden.  Business Register, Statistics 2004.  Orebro.      
  SYI Statistical Yearbook of Iran      
x T&TCSO Trinidad & Togabo Central Statistics Office      
  UBOS Uganda Bureau of Statistics.  Business Register Report 2001/2002.  Entebbe.      
x UKRS Ukraine, State Statistical Committee.  2005.  Kyiv.      
  UNCDF Egypt.  United Nations Capital Development Fund.  2003.  Microfinance Sector Development Approach.  Cairo.      
  UNCDF UNCDF Article on Yemen      
  UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 2003.  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Countries in Transition, 2000–2001. Geneva.      
  UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. 2006.  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Caucasian Countries in Transition, Experience in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Geneva.      
  UNIDO Tommaso, M, Lanzoni, E, and Rubini, L.  2001.  Support to SMEs in the Arab Region: The Case of Tunisia.  United Nations Industrial Development Organization.  Tunis.      
x USCB U.S. Census Bureau. 2003. Statistics of U.S. Businesses. Washington, D.C.      
  USCB U.S. Census Bureau.  2002 Economic Census of Island Areas.  Washington D.C.      
  WBG-ULMS World Bank Group - Urban Labor Market Study