Background
The study tour was jointly organized by DESA/DSDG and the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, Cambodia. It lasted five days on 27-31 May 2019. Headed by Dr. Kimleng Laim, Director General, General Department of SMEs and Handicraft, Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, the study tour included five senior policymakers from the Ministry of Industry of Handicraft, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Commerce and the General Department of Taxation. The study tour group visited the Enterprise Singapore and the SME Corporation Malaysia with the aim to explore good practices on improving coherent policy environment for MSME growth. The study tour was highly recognized as ‘support to the government to address the challenge of MSME informality, strengthening MSMEs as a vehicle accelerating fulfillment of SDGs in Cambodia’