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worldviewimages > Isolated by lack of roads and bridges, the majority of Nepalese are cut off from access to health care, quality education, vocational training and employment. Only about 50% of the population are literate. Lack of sanitation facilities and poor access to safe drinking water results in high rates of disease and death.
worldviewimages > The concept of “micro credit” goes against all conventional principles of traditional banking and offers loans to poor people without requiring collateral.
worldviewimages > The results of the program have been astounding. With payback rates in the high 90 percentile, the poor have proven that are industrious, honest and capable of running small businesses, and only lacked a small amount of capital to get started.
worldviewimages > Pioneered by the Grammen Bank, and then adopted and adapted by many other agencies involved in International Development, “small loans” programs were established throughout the country of Bangladesh.
worldviewimages > Agencies that are involved in community-based international development, such as ADRA, are improving this situation by providing communities with small loans to by pumps for irrigation.
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