This chapter presents a summary of the SME and entrepreneurship policy context
and challenges in Thailand and the relative success of Thai policy makers in
achieving their stated goals. Looking forward, recommendations are provided on
ways to increase policy success, focused on implementing an evaluation-based
portfolio approach to managing policy across government, better promoting the
creation and development of innovative, growth-oriented and international SMEs,
encouraging more productive entrepreneurship for regional and social development.
It concludes with a series of possible initiatives that may be appraised in Thailand
with the aim of identifying appropriate measures to respond to the challenges.
Descriptions of learning model approaches from other countries that may provide
inspiration in implementing recommendations are provided in the Annex.