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Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) need more than just digital tools to succeed online. Effective onboarding programs combine business skills training, tailored support for different platforms, and ongoing assistance. Despite these efforts, many programs are hard to find, often exclude women-led businesses, and there’s no unified national database for MSEs.

In collaboration with RISE Indonesia and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we present detailed data on the rising platform economy in rural Indonesia.