Competitiveness of Pakistan’s Micro and Small Enterprises Sector

Abstract

It was a perturbing meeting for Mujtba Akram, Head of the Industry Support Cell in Micro and Small Enterprises Development Organization (MSEDO), an organization working specifically for technology transfer and skills upgradation in industrial sectors of Pakistan. The Management Committee (MC), comprising of all eight newly appointed General Managers (GMs) and Chairman of MSEDO, has very candidly told Mujtaba that his approach to run Micro and Small Enterprises Support Cell (MSESC) has been short sighted; resultantly, both the country as well MSEDO has missed a great opportunity to augment technological competitiveness among local micro and small enterprises (MSEs). He was asked to submit a detailed explanation to the MC, in purview of the discussions held during the meeting.