Innovative Programs for Small medium enterprises Business Development in this field ASI experts have conceptualized and developed some of the most innovative programs to foster small business development in emerging economies, particularly targeting vulnerable groups such as youths, start-ups, women entrepreneurs, ex-detainees etc., and utilizing instruments such as remittances, franchising, equity enhancement funds, etc. ASI SMEs Programs emphasize the 'critical mass' concept, by delivering simultaneously assistance to enhance skills, market linkages and financial instruments.

Emerging markets are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. Currently, there are 28 emerging markets in the world, with the economies of China and India considered to be by far the two largest. According to The Economist many people find the term dated, but a new term has yet to gain much traction. The ASEAN–China Free Trade Area, launched on January 1, 2010, is the largest regional emerging market in the world.[ref. wikipedia]

Developing countries that are neither part of the least developed countries, nor of the newly industrialized countries