- MICROFINANCE / Facts & Figures
- The UN Millenium Development Goals aim at reducing by half the amount of people living bellow the poverty line by 2015.
A few statistics*
- 2.5 billion people (30% of worldwide population), currently lives with less than 2 USD/day,
- These 2.5 billion people earn 5% of the worldwide income
- 1.1 billion of them lives with less than 1 USD/day.
- 2006: the income gap between the 5% richest and the 5% poorest reaches 74 for 1. In 1960, the ratio was of 30 for 1.
2006
10 000 MFIs
IN 85 COUNTRIES
150 MILLION
MICROENTREPRENEURS
FINANCED
POTENTIEL
500 MILLION
MICROENTREPRENEURS TO BE FINANCED
NEEDS
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