Another side to business

The decision to use this column to address the GRIF-funded US$5 million LCDS Micro and Small Enterprise Development and Building Alternative Livelihoods for Vulnerable groups (MSE) Project was taken two evenings ago and only after the Editor of the Stabroek Business had told the writer that this week’s issue of the newspaper would contain some revelations on the project.

Thank God for the acronym! The title of the project is more than a trifle ridiculous.

There are things to be said about the MSE Project and while they cannot all be