Ebook OECD framework for the evaluation of SME and entrepreneurship policies and programmes

The OECD Working Party on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Entrepreneurship (WPSMEE), in line with a recommendation of the 2004 Istanbul Ministerial Declaration on Fostering the Growth of Innovation and Internationally Competitive SMEs, has prepared this report aimed at strengthening the conceptual framework for SME policy evaluation. This report seeks to be of direct practical assistance to public administrators and politicians concerned with evidence on the effectiveness of SME and entrepreneurship policies and programmes at a national and local level.