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02-22-2007, 02:20 PM
350,000 small businesses directly create more than 1.5 million jobs and indirectly create one million more jobs, Mayra Jimenez, of the governmental Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Program (Promipyme) told legislators yesterday. She was in Congress to lobby for the passing of the bill that establishes a legal framework to strengthen the sector, as reported in Hoy. Senate leader Reinaldo Pared Perez says that the government would fully support the initiative to help small businesses, fulfilling an electoral campaign promise once the sessions reopen in March. Jimenez said that last year Promipyme lent small business RD$100 million, while there is demand for three times the amount.
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