Staff Reporter
Dr Jean-Jacques Lauture, Counsellor and Head of Governance, Economic Cooperation and Education Section of the European Commission, said micro and small enterprises can help provide new employment, income opportunities and also alleviate poverty in the country.
Some 6,000 poor and disadvantaged workers would get benefit of the project for Sustainable Livelihood for Poor Producers (SLIPP) in Mymensingh and Netrokona districts, he said.
It will create business-enabling environment for marginal producers, micro and small enterprise, strengthen their capacity and develop grassroots producers associations, he added. [Read more]