Micro-credit

Micro-credit is all the rage too, and appears to work well at giving trash-pickers the capital to start a line of work that pays somewhat better.

Matthew Yglesias » The Limits of “No” 2009

Micro-credit lending, which involves making small loans to poor people to start businesses, has improved millions of lives in recent decades.

Indian State Tightens Microcredit Rules Amid Suicide Scare 2010

The reinstatement of the Guild System for small-scale production, cooperatives for larger scale, creation of CLTs Community Land Trusts, agricultural apprenticeship programs, Micro-credit loans and local currencies, are just a part of our intended goals.

What We Want, And How 2008

Micro-credit has proved to be an important liberating force in societies where women in particular have to struggle against repressive social and economic conditions.

Press Release - Nobel Peace Prize 2006 2006

Micro-credit has proved itself to be a liberating force in societies where women in particular have to struggle against repressive social and economic conditions.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 - Presentation Speech 2006

In Yunus's words, Micro-credit is a well-tried and well-founded method that can bring financial services to the poorest of the poor.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 - Presentation Speech 2006

Micro-credit Regulatory Authority (MRA) is going to frame a set of norms for micro-finance institutions to ensure governance practices, said the BB governor, who is also the chairman of the MRA.

Lack of incentives obstacle to wider application of corporate governance. 2008

Micro-credit promotes entrepreneurship, and puts each individual poor person, especially women, in the driving-seat in their own lives .

The Nobel Peace Prize 2006 - Presentation Speech 2006

Micro-credit is said to have lifted tens of thousands families out of poverty, and the loans are primarily focused on women because they have been found to be good creditors, wise spenders and focus on improving the conditions for the entire family.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2007 2007

Micro-credit companies say their loans are not a handout, but an investment on people's creativity and resourcefulness.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2007 2007