Just over two months ago, the President of the Guyana Manufacturers Association (GMSA) Mr. Ramsay Ali told the Stabroek Business that arising out of views which he had expressed on the desirability of the need for there to be ongoing dialogue between government and the private sector on matters pertaining to the well-being of the small business sector, an understanding had been reached that he would meet with Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and Senior Minister in the Ministry of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh. Such an engagement, as we understood it, would address (perhaps among other things) how state institutions established to provide support for the small business sector should behave in the process of providing that support.