In the context of World Bank support to the Government of Malaysia, CGA’s Private Sector Development Practice leader, Hamid Alavi assisted in the development of the country’s master plan for SME development –a broad-based program aimed at improving the performance of SME and in devising a new new development path for SMEs across all sectors until 2020. The work received high praise, winning the World Bank’s VP award for innovation in SME development and was considered a “game-changer” in assisting the development of Malaysian SMEs.