Help people help themselves: Thats the idea
behind microcredit. Small loans-sometimes no more than $50-can
radically improve the life of a poor family. Where development aid and
billion-dollar loans fail, microcredit is emerging as the success story in
the battle against world poverty.

People who were previously considered "unbankable" no longer have
to look to loan sharks for funding. With microcredit, they can become
owners of small businesses. And it turns out they nearly always repay
their loans on time. In many countries, professional organizations have
become active in the...

In any given business, success is measured by the flow of money, not the interest of the people involved. Author Kamp tells why there are better alternatives, as the world economy is not only based on money, but on human choices as well.