Can Malaysia merge its way to better MSME support?
Why should a small business have to understand the organisation of government before it can find the right help? That question offers Malaysia a useful starting point for reforming support for micro, small and medium enterprises. Count the agencies and the debate quickly becomes a contest over which name should disappear. Follow the business instead, and a more practical question emerges: which assessments, documents, referrals and administrative costs could government combine? ...