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microfinance
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Scope note
Banking the unbankables, the provision of small-scale financial services such as savings and credit to poor and low-income people not served by conventional financial institutions.
Used for
microcredit
microlending
Broader terms
finance
Related terms
credit
loans
small enterprises
Subject category
11.04.01 BANKING, CURRENCY, FINANCIAL MARKET
Indexing history
Added 2012.
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