The government is to make a diagnosis of the activities in the sector in order to review and amend the Law on Promotion, Creation and Development of Small and Medium Enterprises and adjust it to the needs of women, who claim there is a legal gap in the attention they receive from the state.

The vice president of the Nicaraguan Council of Small & Medium Enterprises, Leonardo Torres said in an article on Laprensa.com.ni that "... a development institute representing the private sector and under the Presidency would be the right body to attend to the indicated sector and the results of the diagnosis, which has been worked by a commission headed by presidential adviser Bayardo Arce Economic Affairs since May, will be taken into account in the tax reform that will soon be approved."

The manager of the Center for Export and Investment (CEI), Roberto Brenes, believes that in addition to the regulations, "... other needs that must be met to ensure the competitiveness and access of MSMEs to markets are the access routes for moving production and the specific problems of each sector which vary from region to region because of their location. "

Source: laprensa.com.ni

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