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microfinance

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microfinance: see microcredit microcredit, the extension to poor individuals of small loans to be used for income-generating activities that will improve the borrowers' living standards. The loans, which may be as little as $20 for very poor borrowers in some developing countries, typically are
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With access to microfinance services, low-income, informal-economy entrepreneurs, like Pura Rivera, are in a better position to absorb and manage the immediate shocks of fluctuating food prices.
To most people, microfinance means microcredit, or lending to the owners of very small businesses in the developing world.
In December 2008, MBK Ventura was ranked number one among 1,300 microfinance institutions registered with the Mixmarket, the microfinance database of the World Bank.
 
 
 
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