Resources
UN documents and publications
- General Assembly resolution: Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day (A/RES/71/279)
- 2022 Report of the UN Secretary-General: Entrepreneurship for sustainable development
- Entrepreneurship for sustainable development (A/RES/77/160)
- Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) and their role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
- Promoting International Investment by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
- Entrepreneurship Policy Framework and Implementation Guidance
- The Square for Global Goals
- Angola bets on small businesses to help transform its economy
- South Africa builds new roadmap to revitalize entrepreneurship
- Empretec - Entrepreneurship global network
- Empretec Women in Business: Building purpose-driven enterprises amid crises
- Empretec Women in Business Awards
- Sustainable Manufacturing and Environmental Pollution (SMEP)
- Riding the circular wave: Entrepreneurs tackle the waste crisis, redefine economies
- Advancing shared prosperity through biodiversity-friendly trade
International Trade Center (ITC)
- SME Competitiveness Outlook 2023: Small Businesses in Fragility: From Survival to Growth
- SME Competitiveness Outlook 2022: Connected Services, Competitive Businesses
International Council for Small Businesses (ICSB)*
- ICSB Annual Global Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Report 2024
- ICSB Annual Global Micro-, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Report 2023
Academic Journals*
Journal of Small Business Management
Publishes international research on small business management and entrepreneurship, including small business finance, organization, strategy, and finance.
Journal of the International Council for Small Business
Publishes articles on the growth and sustainability of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises, including Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and policy.
Reports
- MDPI - esg2go: A Method to Reduce Bias, Improve Coherence, and Increase Practicality of ESG Rating and Reporting
- Swiss International Entrepreneurship Survey
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International Labour Organization (ILO)
- A double transition: formalization and the shift to environmental sustainability with decent work
- New frontier or the latest buzzword? Evidence and best practice in entrepreneurship ecosystem development
- Map of ILO interventions on Enterprise Formalization
- Greening SMEs
- 2021 Small goes digital report
- Building sustainable enterprises through productivity ecosystems for Decent Work in the BRICS countries
- How MSMEs can contribute to and benefit from a just transition
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
- Empowering SMEs through 4IR Technologies
- Due Diligence Legislation for Sustainability Standards Adoption
- Standards for Sustainability: UNIDO's Contribution to Voluntary Sustainability Standards
- Mainstreaming Gender in cluster development
World Trade Organization (WTO)
- Trade4MSMEs - Your gateway to trade information
- The Trade Game (a "choose your own adventure" export readiness assessment tool)
- MSME Group Compendia
- A joint compendium with the Informal Working Group on Trade and Gender on Access to Finance for Women-led MSMEs (INF/MSME/W/46/Rev.1 & INF/TGE/W/7/Rev.1)
- A compendium of special provisions for MSMEs in Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes (INF/MSME/W/47/Rev.1)
- Research notes
- Databases of MSME trade-related information compiled by the Group
- Database of MSME-related information in Regional Trade Agreements, launched in 2019
- Database of MSME references in Trade Policy Reviews, launched in 2021
Other websites
2024 Global MSMEs Report
We are thrilled to present the 7th edition of the Global MSMEs Report by the International Council for Small Business (ICSB). This year, we highlight the transformative potential of the human-centered approach of MSMEs and their crucial role in solving global challenges, from poverty and inequality to climate change and sustainable development. We also express our deep appreciation to the Republic of Argentina for their pivotal role in supporting the creation of Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day and for their continued collaboration with ICSB.