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Promoting Small and Medium Sized Enterprises for Sustainable Development

August 27, 2007 /

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The MDT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program encourages and supports the participation of companies owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals in transportation contracts.

Global wealth has almost doubled since 1990, but
nearly half the world’s population subsists on less than US$ 2
per day. Poverty remains a major challenge to sustainable
development, environmental security, global stability and a truly
global market.

The key to poverty alleviation is
economic growth that is inclusive and reaches the majority of
people. Improving the performance and sustainability of local
entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which
represent the backbone of global economic activity, can help
achieve this type of growth.

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