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Why Women Matter: the Story of Microcredit

Journal of Law and Commerce

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Title Why Women Matter: the Story of Microcredit
 
Creator Lott, Charlotte E
 
Description Alice Amoateng of Ghana is on her second loan of around $100 to set up and expand a clothing trading business. She borrowed the money from a microfinance institution, Sinapi Aba Trust, because she had no access to credit from the banking system. This microfinance institution was able to lend her money by using a group lending system, in which groups of women are jointly responsible for repayment of the loan. The loans allowed her to make her business more profitable and to spend the extra income on her children’s education and her family’s medical expenses. In addition to the loan, she received training in business and leadership, and she was elected to public office to represent her community.
 
Publisher University Library System, University of Pitt
 
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Date 2009-05-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://jlc.law.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jlc/article/view/28
10.5195/jlc.2009.28
 
Source Journal of Law and Commerce; Vol 27, No 2: Spring 2009
2164-7984
0733-2491
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://jlc.law.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jlc/article/view/28/28