Korean government took the micro-enterprise policy at first for overcoming economic crisis in 1999 and it has developed during last 18 years. The micro-enterprise policy includes diverse aspects. Those are SME policy, employment & social safety policy, consumer policy, and regional economic policy. This study has interests in the development and the present phase of the diverse aspects of micro-enterprise policy. In this respect, this study composed of the development analysis, the phase analysis, and the foreign countries’ analysis of the micro-enterprise policy. The tasks and policy measures are suggested based on these analyses.

For the study, various research methodologies are taken. First, literature survey is involved to analyse the policy development year by year and the preceding research in the micro-enterprise policy. Second, the consulting of academic & policy experts is included to review the research process. Third, the quantitative & qualitative analysis is pursued to analyze the statistical data. Fourth, field survey is involved. Using structured questionnaire, the no. of effective respondent are 2,564 persons(including 400 micro-enterprises). The people’s recognition of micro-enterprise & micro-enterprise policy is viewed by analyzing the results. The interviews are also performed with the members of micro-enterprise policy organizations & microenterprises.

The analysis results show the performances & tasks in each aspect. The performances are the dynamic trend of creating & closing ratio, the mitigation of social cost by losing job, the high consensus for micro-enterprise protection, and the system setting-up of regional government, etc. The tasks are the over-competition of microenterprise, the enhancement of micro-enterprises’ self-survival ability, the competitiveness acquirement of micro-enterprise & traditional market, and the qualitative growth of micro-enterprise, etc.

Based on the afore-mentioned analyses and policy tasks, this study suggests the expansion of vigorous micro-enterprise ecology as the microenterprise policy vision. Under this vision, ①the coherent propulsion of the micro-enterprise policy, ②the focus on the environment making and support, ③the establishment of organic cooperation system, and ④ the building-up of micro-enterprise’s fair management environment are proposed as the basic strategies.