Asia Small And Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2021: Volume Iv-Pilot Sme Development Index: Applying Probabilistic Principal Component Analysis

This volume sets out an updated Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Development Index (SME-DI) that aims to help policy makers in developing Asia overcome the limited availability of data on small businesses. The volume presents a new pilot of the SME-DI that fills in missing data by using a probabilistic principal component analysis model. The researchers used pilot testing to generate a regional SME-DI for 15 countries in Southeast Asia and South Asia, based on the 2021 Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor database. The study also constructed a national index for Viet Nam using business registration data.

• | Author: Asian Development Bank
• | Publisher: Asian Development Bank
• | Publication Date: Apr 29, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 42 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 9292694669
• | ISBN-13: 9789292694661