Microcredit, Lesson A



Skill
Listening
 
Difficulty Level: 
Intermediate (B2+)

Task:
Click play on the video above and answer the following questions:
 
Q1. What did Mark Murray think that people in the developing world lacked?
 
Q2. What do the poor really lack, according to Lorene Arey?
 
Q3. Maria Otero says millions of poor people have no access to...

Q4. When did microcredit as a solution to poverty first begin to surface?

Q5. How big were loans usually?

Q6. How were these loans typically used?

Q7. Did people generally repay these loans on time?

Q8. For how much was the first loan that Geoff Davis made?

Q9. What was this loan used for?

Q10. At what time does the lady from Chityal, India start work each morning?

Q11. How much was her first loan for?

Q12. By how much has her daily income increased?

For the solutions to this exercise, click
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