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Microfinance

Offering small, affordable loans to people not served by traditional banks has been called "a weapon against poverty and hunger" by the United Nations. Mercy Corps-sponsored microfinance institutions, savings and credit cooperatives, loan-guarantee programs, and technical support reach more than one million people in over a dozen countries.

Mercy Corps Microfinance Portfolio ›

Over the last 30 years financial services for the poor has been one of the key innovations in international development. Microfinance has become one of Mercy Corps’ core competencies - an essential part of its integrated programming approach to helping people build secure, productive and just communities.

Perfect Harmony Family ›

Country: China
The 500 pounds of homemade noodles that Guo Guifen sells each market day keep local cook-pots full - and have won her family the village's top honor.

Blog Post: Microfinance and development in Kyrgyzstan ›

Country: Kyrgyzstan

Kompanion News is a newsletter distributed in Kyrgyzstan to highlight the development work that Kompanion, one of Mercy Corps’ microfinance institutions, undertakes in the country.

Blog Post: Crickets, crackers and chairs ›

Country: Indonesia

Whatever could the three things in this title have in common? Opportunity for rural Indonesian women and their families, that's what.

Blog Post: 28 stories ›

Country: Indonesia

To be completely honest, going into a tall bank building this morning was the most unnatural I’ve felt on this trip.

Microfinance Partners ›

One Table: Invest in Afghanistan's mothers ›

Country: Afghanistan

After years of war and oppression, the mothers of Afghanistan can now step out of their homes and into the marketplace. Microfinance helps mothers, who in turn build stronger, healthier families and communities.

Blog Post: Invest in Afghanistan's mothers ›

Country: Afghanistan

After years of war and oppression, the mothers of Afghanistan can now step out of their homes and into the marketplace. Microfinance helps mothers, who in turn build stronger, healthier families and communities.

Life After Hard Times ›

Country: United States

Before she learned about Mercy Corps Northwest, Betty Jo Austin was living from one payday loan to the next.

Turning Ideas Into Reality ›

Country: United States

At first, collecting digital images for collage was just a hobby for Portlander Corrina Buchholz. Now, using what she learned from Mercy Corps Northwest’s business development programs, Buchholz is moving her crafting business, piddix LLC, into a fulltime enterprise.

Program Details

Mercy Corps has a decade of experience providing financial services to underserved people. We have created standalone start-up banks and commercialized financial institutions which have lent more than $1.4 billion to people in countries recovering from war, disaster or painful economic upheaval.

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Recent posts on globalenvision.org, Mercy Corps' student-written blog that explores the confluence of markets and poverty alleviation through news, commentary and discussion.

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