This booklet presents a compilation of frequently used graphs on entrepreneurship trends and SME performance drawn from the OECD Statistics and Data Directorate’s databases of Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (SDBS), Timely Indicators of Entrepreneurship (TIE), Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC), Entrepreneurship Finance Database (EFD), and the Future of Business Survey (FOBS).

The Gender Balande Guide lays out the road-map for the United Arab Emirates and its organisations to harness the untapped potential that women represent. Building on OECD expertise, it provides a list of practical actions that can be taken by UAE organisations in order to achieve gender balance and work towards gender equality.

A short document assessing the availability of time use surveys in BRIICS and selected emerging economies will be produced. This will include a review assessing the quality of the statistical information that can be obtained from these surveys, in terms of activity categories used, sample sizes, country coverage and sample representativeness (e.g. rural/urban), etc. On the basis of the results of the review, the Policy Dialogue will lead to the development of a measure of unpaid care work and time poverty for a few selected countries for which time use surveys have been conducted in recent years and fulfil minimum data quality requirements.

This policy guidance furthers the work of the OECD/INFE in helping policy makers and relevant stakeholders to address gender differences in financial literacy and to financially empower women and girls. The guidance is complemented by and based on an in-depth publication reviewing available evidence and highlighting possible factors behind women’s different financial competencies. The publication also analyses the challenges to enhance women’s and girls’ competencies, and draws lessons to develop efficient and tailored financial education programmes for women and girls

This report provides an in-depth analysis of major reforms undertaken between 2014 and 2018 to promote micro, small and medium-sized enterprise development in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority and Tunisia. The report focuses on five strategic areas for SME policy making: SME definitions, statistics and institutions; improving business environments for SMEs and entrepreneurs; fostering access to finance; nurturing start-ups and SME growth; and the development of entrepreneurial human capital. The report aims to showcase good practices and to point to areas where more efforts are needed. It provides valuable guidance for governments, private sector organisations, multilateral bodies and other stakeholders to intensify their efforts to support SMEs as essential vehicles for jobs and competitiveness. This is particularly relevant in a region striving to boost economic diversification, employment creation and the inclusion of youth and women in the economy. The report is the result of a process of close collaboration among governments, the OECD, the European Training Foundation and the European Commission.