SMEs in Bangladesh

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in the east have started refocusing their attention on SMEs to enhance their role in bringing about structural changes in their economies. For Bangladesh SMEs have assumed special significance for poverty reduction programmes and potential contribution to the overall industrial and economic growth. This article uses two earlier studies carried out almost a decade apart and the author's own research to identify some of the constraints that have been hampering SME growth and to provide some pointers for the future.