Thailand : key issues and policies.

Foreword
 Table of Contents
 Acronyms and Abbreviations
 Basic Statistics about Thailand
 Executive Summary
 Chapter 1. SME and Entrepreneurship Performance in Thailand
 Introduction
 Size and structure of the SME sector
 Definition and measurement of SMEs
 Table 1.1. Definition of SMEs according to the Thai SME Promotion Act (2000)
 The number and size distribution of SMEs
 Table 1.2. Number of Thai enterprises, 1997-2008
 Table 1.3. Number of enterprises in selected countries, various years
 Table 1.4. Annualised growth of Thai enterprises, 1997-2008. Table 1.5. Comparison of size distributions of manufacturing firms in Thailand and Europe, 2007Figure 1.1. Comparison of size distributions of enterprises in the manufacturing sector, 2007
 SME contribution to employment
 Table 1.6. Employment by SMEs, 1997-2006
 Table 1.7. Total employment in selected countries, various years
 Table 1.8. Average number of employees in Thailand, 2004-06
 SME contribution to GDP
 Figure 1.2. SME contribution to Thai GDP, 2008
 Table 1.9. SME contribution to GDP and non agricultural GDP, 2002-09
 SME density
 Table 1.10. SME density Thailand, 2002 and 2008. SME sector performanceJob creation by size of enterprise
 Table 1.11. Jobs created, by size class
 Productivity and productivity growth
 Table 1.12. Thailand GDP per enterprise and per employee, 2004-08
 Table 1.13. Productivity growth by size class
 Enterprise entry, exit and survival
 Table 1.14. Births and deaths of SMEs
 High-growth firms
 SME contribution to international trade and investment
 Entrepreneurship
 Table 1.15. Survival rate of enterprises that started business (year 2002-07)
 Table 1.16. Proportion of high-growth firms (turnover definition) by country and sector, 2002-05. Table 1.17. SME export and import in Thailand, 2004-08Table 1.18. Activity rates at different stages of entrepreneurial development, 2007
 Table 1.19. Thai entrepreneurship levels (total entrepreneurship activity)
 Necessity entrepreneurs and unemployment
 Perceptions of entrepreneurship
 Innovation
 Table 1.20. Novelty of products and services and entrepreneurs\' technology use, 2007
 Regional and local variations
 Regional population and income disparities
 Table 1.21. Household income (monthly) by region and type of income, 2007
 Table 1.22. Income distribution in Thailand, 2007. Regional distribution of SMEsTable 1.23. Regional distribution of SMEs, 2002 and 2006
 Table 1.24. SME densities by main regions, 2002 and 2006
 Table 1.25. Growth in SMEs and population by region, 2002-07
 Conclusion
 i) A lack of SMEs with the potential to grow and compete internationally, including with international competitors entering Thai markets
 ii) An unusually high proportion of entrepreneurs who start up \"necessity\" businesses
 iii) Regional inequalities in SME densities, entrepreneurial opportunities and activity
 Notes
 References
 Annex 1.A1. Size Class Tables.