In India, where loan sharks have monopolized the rural credit market for generations, formal microlenders are playing an increasingly important role. Small loans can help women boost their incomes and strengthen their community roles.
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To ease a worsening housing crisis in Asia and the Pacific, ADB has teamed with Habitat for Humanity International to provide housing loans for low-income families in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines . . .