One of the main reason is, as the country population is small, instead of producing, the country prefer to import especially in consumers products, such as F&B, retail, etc. Brunei, the country's manufacturing industry is not much developed yet. The export value from Malaysia alone for the year 2008 is valued at RM1.4 billion. Bilateral trade between Malaysia and Brunei for 2008 recorded an increase of 7.3 per cent. There are various industries that SMEs and companies can tap into. For example, the Brunei youth development. The government have set-up a dedicated Youth Development Grant. This grant is meant for any ...

The Reserve Bank today said the soft monetary policy adopted by it to counter the impact of the global financial meltdown on the country will continue till the economic recovery is secured. "Especially on monetary policy, we will not exit unless we are sure that recovery is secured ...but soon thereafter when we make the judgment that the recovery is secured, we have to unwind the accommodation monetary policy," said RBI Governor, D. Subbarao. However, the Governor added, the government and the RBI will have to take a call on exiting from stimuli given for perking up the slowing down economy sooner ...