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Key Indicators 2009 Full Document
Foreword, Acknowledgments, Statistical Partners, and
Guide for Users
Key Indicators 2009 Highlights
PART I – Special Chapter
Enterprises in Asia: Fostering Dynamism in SMEs
1. Introduction
2. The Global Economic Crisis and Enterprises in Asia
2.1. Impact Channels of the Current Crisis on Firms
2.2. Crisis Impact: an Assessment Based on Recent Labor Force Surveys
2.2.i. Manufacturing has been hit hard
2.2.ii. The impact has spilled over into other sectors
2.2.iii. Hours worked and wages are being cut
2.3. What Types of Enterprises and Workers Are Being Affected?
2.4. Assisting enterprises hit by the crisis
2.5. Fostering Enterprise Dynamism in the Aftermath of the Crisis
3. Enterprises in Asia: A Snapshot
3.1. Microenterprises
3.2. Small, Medium, and Large Enterprises
3.3. Some Implications of the Pattern of Size Distribution
4. Explaining Enterprise Size and its Distribution
5. Assisting SMEs
6. SME Access to Finance
6.1. Are SMEs Credit Constrained?
6.2. SME Access to Finance: Policy Responses to Credit Constraints
7. Technology and Innovation
7.1. Innovation across Enterprises in Developing Asia
7.2. Assisting SMEs with Technology and Learning
7.3. Assisting SMEs through Links with Large Enterprises and Cluster-based Development
8. Lessons from the New Literature on Structural Transformation
9. Concluding Remarks and References
Part II - Millennium Development Goals
Introduction to the Millennium Development Goals
Part III - Regional Tables
Introduction to Regional Tables
Part IV - Definitions
Country Tables
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