A Just Market System

A just market is a market system that enables favorable participation from all market players. Buyers and sellers make up the market system. Sellers offer products and buyers offer money, the interaction of these two players makes the market system complete. It is a market system that enables favorable participa-tion from all market players. Buyers and sellers make up the market system. Sellers offer products and buyers offer money, the interaction of these two players makes the market system complete. all the major regulators and ministries, the private sector and civil society organizations. In addition, government has been deliber-ately encouraging small businesses to bid for tenders for the supply of goods and services to various public institutions. There is need for SMEs to rise to the challenge and take advantage of these government initiatives. The stakeholders' approach to SMEs, the strategies that SMEs use, their status in Zambia and the challenges they face such as lack of access to affordable finances.