Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2021: Volume II—How Asia’s Small Businesses Survived a Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic: Survey Evidence

Publication | April 2022

This volume examines the experiences of Asia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) during the first year of the pandemic and discusses post-pandemic policy actions for MSME development.

Price
  • US$25.00 (paperback)

The study draws on the findings of MSME surveys carried out during 2020 and 2021 in Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Thailand. It offers insights on approaches that could best support a pandemic exit strategy and policies that could help revitalize the MSME sector during recovery in a way that creates more resilient economies.

Contents 

  • Executive Summary
  • Introduction
  • Country Responses to COVID-19
  • Methodology
  • Data Structure
  • Company Profiles
  • The COVID-19 Impact on MSMEs during the First Year of the Pandemic
  • Thematic Impact
  • Policy Implications
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes

Additional Details

Type
Series
Subjects
  • Economics
  • Finance sector development
  • Private sector development
Countries
  • Indonesia
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Philippines
  • Thailand
Pages
  • 62
Dimensions
  • 8.5 x 11
SKU
  • TCS220169-2
ISBN
  • 978-92-9269-486-9 (print)
  • 978-92-9269-487-6 (electronic)
  • 978-92-9269-488-3 (ebook)

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