"Sustainable access to microfinance helps alleviate poverty by generating income, creating jobs, allowing children to go to school, enabling families to obtain health care, and empowering people to make the choices that best serve their needs."
Kofi Annan
Former UN Secretary-General
Useful background factsheet on microfinance from the Australian website Global Education. (General information useful in all countries, plus some specific to Australian context.) Also
Kaisar Dopaishi, IBDP and
Kaisar Dopaishi,
IBDP and H.S. Curriculum Coordinator,
Kodaikanal International School (India)