Microlending/Microcredit
From Wikipedia – Microcredit is a financial innovation which is generally considered to have originated with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. In that country, it has successfully enabled extremely impoverished people to engage in self-employment projects that allow them to generate an income and, in many cases, begin to build wealth and exit poverty. I recently have made several small loans using Kiva at Kiva.org. At Kiva you as a potential lender can select from…
