(Supported by: IDRC, Canada; Duration: 2017-2018)
The one-year action research project on “Making Trade Work for Small Producers in Southeast Asia’s Least Developed Countries” was designed to train existing and prospective women entrepreneurs in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) to help them develop and strengthen entrepreneurial qualities and motivation to expand their business for the regional and global market. It aimed to achieve this by providing necessary knowledge and information on business management, finance, and marketing, sources of assistance, incentives, subsidies, rules and regulations. It also had a goal to promote the SME sector for business growth for employment generation.