This report was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship. The development of Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2019: An OECD Scoreboard was possible thanks to the country experts from participating OECD member and non-member countries, who provided information for the country profiles (see below).
It was prepared by Kris Boschmans and Lora Pissareva, Policy Analysts, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, SME and Entrepreneurship Division (CFE/SMEE), under the supervision of Miriam Koreen (Senior Counsellor, CFE/SMEE) and Lucia Cusmano (Acting Head of Division, CFE/SMEE). The thematic chapter is a summary of an OECD SME and Entrepreneurship Policy Paper, prepared by Martin Brassell, CEO of Ingott and Kris Boschmans. Pierre Coster and Jonathan Kumaresan (Trainees, CFE) supported the drafting of the report and made statistical contributions. Heather Mortimer-Charoy (Assistant, CFE/SMEE) provided technical support.
The development of the Scoreboard benefits from the inputs of Delegates of the OECD Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Martin Godel, and members of its Informal Steering Group on SME and Entrepreneurship Financing, chaired by Professor Salvatore Zecchini. Harry Barr (British Business Bank), Jurgita Bucyte (LeasEurope), Jean-Louis Leloir and José Fernando Figueiredo (European Association of Guarantee Institutions) and Naima Smaini (CFE/SMEE), provided input on timely issues. Data provided by Tania Ziegler (Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance) and contributions from contributions from Helmut Kraemer-Eis (European Investment Fund) and from Gianluca Riccio (OECD Business and Industry Advisory Committee) are gratefully acknowledged.