Micro-Lending Comes to New York City
2,209 views · Published 12 September 2008 · 4:02 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2008 · News & Politics
Even though New York City is one of the richest cities in the world, 23 percent of its population lives below the poverty line according to the city's Department of Health and Human Services. Now, an innovative bank from one of the world's poorest countries is trying to change those statistics. Paige Kollock reports from New York.
