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MICROCREDITO [4 records]

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Record 1 2007-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

... the term micro-credit, or micro-enterprise lending, generally refers to unsecured loans to very small businesses operated by people of limited means who are unable to qualify for credit from traditional financial institutions.

Key term(s)
  • micro credit
  • micro enterprise lending
  • small-scale credit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

[...] le micro-crédit ou le crédit à la micro-entreprise fait généralement référence à l'octroi de prêts non garantis à de très petites entreprises, dirigées par des personnes aux ressources limitées, incapables d'obtenir du crédit auprès d'une institution financière traditionnelle, parce qu'elles ne possèdent aucune garantie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
CONT

Los programas de microcrédito otorgan préstamos pequeños a los pobres, a fin de que puedan emprender actividades por cuenta propia que generen ingresos y les permitan mantenerse a sí mismos y a sus familias [...].

Key term(s)
  • crédito en pequeña escala
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Record 2 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Loans
OBS

Microcredit has been changing people's lives and revitalizing communities since the beginning of trade. Currently microentrepreneurs use loans as small as $100 to grow thriving business and, in turn, provide their families, leading to strong and flourishing local economies. The year of Microcredit 2005 calls for building inclusive financial sectors and strengthening the powerful, but often untapped, entrepreneurial spirit existing in communities around the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

En 1998, l'Assemblée Générale des Nations Unies a proclamé 2005 Année internationale du microcrédit, afin de saluer la contribution du microcrédit à l'allègement de la pauvreté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Designaciones de años, semanas y días especiales
  • Préstamos
OBS

En 1998, la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas proclamó el 2005 como el Año Internacional del Microcrédito con el fin de reconocer la contribución del microcrédito a la mitigación de la pobreza.

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Record 3 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Summit Titles
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Loans
OBS

Title reproduced from the document entitled "Human Rights: Names of International Bodies and Instruments and Other Titles = Droits de l'homme : noms d'organes et instruments internationaux et autres titres = Derechos Humanos: Nombres de Organos e Instrumentos Internacionales y Otros Títulos" with the authorization of the United Nations Office in Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de sommets
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Prêts et emprunts
OBS

Sommet tenu en février 1997 à Washington, qui avait pour thème l'importance économique de l'entrepreneuriat populaire qu'est le microcrédit ou microfinancement.

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Human Rights: Names of International Bodies and Instruments and Other Titles = Droits de l'homme : noms d'organes et instruments internationaux et autres titres = Derechos Humanos: Nombres de Organos e Instrumentos Internacionales y Otros Titulos» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cumbres
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
  • Préstamos
OBS

Extraído de "Human Rights: Names of International Bodies and Instruments and Other Titles = Droits de l'homme : noms d'organes et instruments internationaux et autres titres = Derechos Humanos: Nombres de Organos e Instrumentos Internacionales y Otros Títulos" con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2002-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

Improve, as appropriate, social safety nets at the national and regional levels to stabilize individual and household income and consumption by such means as stabilization funds, micro-credit schemes, crop insurance programs, job retraining and training in vocational, entrepreneurial and business skills, with the involvement of the MDBs and development agencies as well as non-governmental and community-based organizations and to establish regional networks to share best practices and experiences ...

Key term(s)
  • microcredit scheme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
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