microcredit
Americannoun
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ANI has set up microfinance programmes, in partnership with the microcredit company Roshan Renewables, in several villages on the edge of the park to combat unemployment and poverty.
From Barron's • Jan. 22, 2026
Along with many speeches by the Clintons, some federal funds were devoted to programs to help lenders offer microcredit so that low-income people could start small enterprises.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
In 1983 Mr Yunus founded Grameen Bank, the self-proclaimed “pioneer microcredit organisation in the world”, which has since accumulated more than nine million clients.
From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024
For instance, it could be used by economists studying the impact of microcredit loans in developing nations or sports analysts using a model to rank top tennis players.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024
Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present in court and was granted bail.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 1, 2024
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