Aldo Caliari: Small business are often neglected in LCDs

“To enhance capacity and resilience of LCDs it is crucial to correct a bias and blindspot that we have noticed exists with regard to small businesses. The economic importance of small businesses and their place in economic growth strategies is often neglected because their activities are not apparent, nor do they make the bulk, of the GDP figures that such strategies seek to lift,” said Aldo Caliari, on behalf of CIDSE (a network of sixteen European and North American catholic development agencies), at the United Nations General Assembly interactive hearings with civil society on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), in New York, April 1.