Technical Assistance to the Kingdom of Cambodia for Preparing the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Sector Development Program

The technical assistance paper presents a framework for preparing small and medium enterprise (SME) sector development program (SSDP) in Cambodia and enumerates the following issues that need to be addressed for the development of SME sector:

• Criticality of strengthening SME sector to reduce poverty;
• Lack of comprehensive policy as well as conducive legal framework for the SME sector;
• Lack of information networks and institutions;
• Poor access to finance.

The technical assistance paper visualizes the following outputs for achieving a strong SME sector:

• Enhancing the legal, institutional, and policy framework to facilitate SME development;
• Providing an in-depth diagnostic analysis of the key issues facing the SME sector;
• Presenting a detailed draft of the framework for SME development;
• Identifying the overall framework for the SSDP;
• Providing pre-feasibility analyses of the investment possibilities in SME sector.

The paper provides the cost, the implementation arrangement and the terms of reference for consultants of the proposed technical assistance.