The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about forced changes of people’s lives and work styles as fit to contactless societies under the “new normal.” One year after the outbreak in 2020, how could Indonesia’s micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) survive and change their business models in response to the crisis? To what extent could the government assistance programs support MSMEs in overcoming the hardships? The webinar discusses what MSMEs need to bounce back and what policy actions would be needed for them post COVID-19.
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Asian Impact Webinar: How Smaller Firms in Indonesia Survive One Year into the Pandemic
Video | 26 August 2021
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