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microcredit

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mi·cro·cred·it  (mkr-krdt)
n.
The business or policy of making microloans to impoverished entrepreneurs. Also called microlending.
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microcredit [ˈmaɪkrəʊˌkredɪt] N → microcrédito m
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Microcredit came to prominence in the 1980s, although early experiments date back 30 years in Brazil, Bangladesh and a few other countries.
FAQ's About Microfinance for the Poor by Catherine Sheehan / Finance and Investment community
The Jordan microcredit company, Tamweelcom, distributed 2,000 school bags, half of which went to 30 schools located in poverty pockets and under-privileged areas in the Kingdom, while the other half went to the children of the productive poor among the CompanyAAEs clients.
Tamweelcom distributesschool bags by The Star (Amman, Jordan)
New technologies, like the Internet, are the key to making microcredit available in remote regions, he added.
World poor have little access to microcredit: experts by AFP / AFP Global Edition
 
 
 
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