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Microcredit and Women Empowerment

Microcredit plays an importanr role in terms of "empowerment" of women. It strengthens their autonomy, their role and the respect due to their position in the community ...

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MENA Special

Through this dossier, the articles present microfinance in the Middle-East and North Africa countries such as Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan.

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Banking on mobiles: Why? How? For whom?

In developing countries, 2 billion people have mobile phones, but they don’t have a bank account. What if mobile phones could help in the fight against exclusion from ...

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The Social Impact of Microfinance

Destined to fight against exclusion to banking facilities, microfinance also has to prove that it doesn’t lead to over-indebtedness and that it contributes to reduce ...

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Rates and transparency in microfinance

The aim of microfinance is to break away from the traditional banking method by giving individuals the means to finance themselves. This involves the application of ...

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Senegal Special

Since it emerged in the late 80s, the microfinance sector in Senegal has been growing insatiably. MicroWorld takes you through its involvement on the ground, to a new ...

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Peru Special

To discover one of the first countries where MicroWorld has developed, they have put together special folders with articles on microentrepreneurs and MFI staff. This file ...

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Understand Microcredit

Only 7% of French people know the precise operation of microcredit. This is unfortunate, because great things can be done with with microcredit. The microfinance sector is ...

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