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To: Grainne who wrote (90882)12/8/2004 11:57:22 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
Hillary Clinton supports these things for women in the developing countries:

Supports micro-loans to third-world women
From the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh to the Self-employed Women’s Association in India, or to the work in Ghana, to banks and programs modeled on these from Indonesia to the Dominican Republic, to my own country, we have seen that microlending works. Women who have received loans from the Grameen Bank, for example, have a repayment rate of 97%, and often within one year. And they invest their money well.
Source: Unique Voice, p.115-16: Remarks to UN Development Fund Sep 6, 1995
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