economic and social council
- n a permanent council of the United Nations; responsible for economic and social conditions
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- The Voices Of The Poor Who Suffered From The Perils Of Microlending [VIDEO]
[Listen to these women’s stories in the video above.] Many residents in India’s Tumkur slum, about 50 miles northwest of Bangalore, are still reeling from the 2010 microfinancing crisis. Microfinancing was designed as a tool to lift people out of poverty through small loans and was lauded internationally. The United Nations Economic and Social Council even went so far as to proclaim 2005 the ...
Dec. 14, 2013 - International Business Times