Micro Small and Medium Enterprise Development Policy

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REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE, TRADE AND INDUSTRY The Micro , Small and Medium Enterprise Development Policy (FINAL) NOVEMBER 2008____________________________________ __________________________________ Micro , Small and Medium Enterprise Development Policy 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................ ........................................ ...................... 3 FOREWORD ........................................ ........................................ ...................................... 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................ ........................................ ................ 5 WORKING .....................................6 Historical Background of the MSMEs Sector in Zambia.

limited capital investment, acting as a ‘seedbed’ for the development of entrepreneurial talent, playing and supplying the lower income groups with inexpensive consumer goods and services. MSME also act as a buffer in times of economic recession. Zambia recognised the need to diversify her economy and reduce over-dependency on mining exports.

  Development, Entrepreneurial