Microfinance spreads to Tonga

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Updated September 24, 2009 10:05:27

Tonga is the lastest country to open an office of South Pacific Business Development Microfinance - a company that offers small loans at village level which helps many communities alleviate extreme poverty.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts
Speaker: Jeff Lieu, Financial Capacity Advisor with the United Nations Development Program in Suva

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