microfinance

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ finance. Coined by Hans Dieter Seibel in 1990.[1]

Noun

microfinance (usually uncountable, plural microfinances)

  1. (finance) Finance that is provided to unemployed or low-income people or groups.
    • 2008 June 5, Barbara Kiviat, “The Big Trouble In Small Loans”, in Time‎, archived from the original on 2011-02-09:
      Microfinance, once a relative cottage industry championed by antipoverty activists and development wonks, is on the verge of a revolution, with billions of dollars from big banks, private-equity shops and pension funds pouring in.

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References
  1. Hans Dieter Seibel (2005), “Does History Matter? The Old and the New World of Microfinance in Europe and Asia”, in University of Cologne Development Research Center‎, archived from the original on 2010-08-06: “When I first coined the term microfinance in 1990, I defined it as as a sphere of finance comprising microcredit, microsavings and other microfinancial services.”

French

Etymology

micro- +‎ finance

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi.kʁɔ.fi.nɑ̃s/

Noun

microfinance f (plural microfinances)

  1. (finance) microfinance

Derived terms
  • microfinancement
  • microfinancer
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