What changed during that earlier period was that people started partnering and settling down later in life. The post-war Baby Boom had been characterised by an anomalously young average age at first marriage. Through the 1970s and 1980s, the normal historical pattern started to reassert itself.
We will continue the mapping survey in 2006 to identify MSME sectors which truly holds potential and capacity to grow and develop. The results of the mapping process will then be synchronized with the Basel II concepts to accommodate the need to finance the MSME sector.