People at the very bottom of the economic ladder are often excluded, or exclude themselves, from microfinance. Their income is usually too low and unreliable to permit repayment of loans or investment in anything but basic food consumption. In some countries the very poor are served by safety net programs, which usually take the form of cash transfers, food aid, or guaranteed employment schemes. Starting in 2006, Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest...
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2009/12/01
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2010/10/01
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Creating pathways for the poorest : early lessons on implementing the graduation model
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Relief Society of Tigray
Citation
El-Zoghbi,Mayada; De Montesquiou Fezensac,Aude; Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin.
Creating pathways for the poorest : early lessons on implementing the graduation model (English). CGAP brief Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370831468161948036