Micro Enterprises are the Key to Economic Development: Belize’s innovative efforts to ‘Keep it Simple' - Business Law Review View Micro Enterprises are the Key to Economic Development: Belize’s innovative efforts to ‘Keep it Simple' by - Business Law Review Micro Enterprises are the Key to Economic Development: Belize’s innovative efforts to ‘Keep it Simple' 45 1

This paper summarizes Belize’s reform process to simplify the legal framework and modernize its business climate for Micro Enterprises. The reform process encompasses: (1) simplified access to formality, (2) legal reform, (3) boosting private sector development for small businesses, and (4) increasing job creation. Belize’s reform aims to fast-tracking the formalization of Micro Enterprises, irrespective of physical location. Belize’s reforms place Micro Enterprises as key economic actors within the economy.

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