Small business

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PREFACE
The Turkish government welcomes the launching of this guide “Effective Policies for Small Business” by
OECD and UNIDO. The guide concentrates on the improvement of one of the most important engines of
market economies – micro, small and medium-scale enterprises. It has been developed as a follow-up to
the extensive work on small business policies and strategies conducted at the OECD Centre for Private Sector
Development in Istanbul over several years, which the Turkish International Co-operation Agency (TICA)
has been pleased to participate in and support. 
The foremost aim of TICA is to support sustainable social and economic development in transition countries.
The OECD Centre in Istanbul with the ongoing support by the Turkish government makes an important
contribution to these objectives.  
The Turkish Delegation to the OECD and TICA are pleased to express their thanks to UNIDO and OECD
for initiating this valuable source reference. We look forward to continued close co-operation and exchange
of experiences with the emerging and transition economies in the coming years. Conceived as a practical
and user-friendly tool, this guide should play an important role in establishing a valuable instrument for
policy-makers to review and set their own strategies and targets for SME development.