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Latin America and the Caribbean
Usura Cero Microcredit Programme (2007 - )

 

 

Date: 2007 -
Web: Official website of the programme
Description: The Usura Cero Programme leads the process of fostering and promoting micro-businesses run by women entrepreneurs in urban Nicaragua, who lack collateral to access credit from commercial banks. In order to successfully achieve this mission, the Protagonists are provided with low-cost financing and are given basic knowledge focused on the development of skills and abilities to manage their business, strengthen their self-esteem, and identify their individual and group values, as these actions allow them to grow in their businesses and meet their Prosperity Goals.
   

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Geographic scale: National
   

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