Using Microfinance to Escape Poverty
A woman with a red headscarf smiles at the photographer outside her cave dwelling. More than 2.5 million people, 41 percent of Ningxia’s population, are living in the region’s south mountainous area which was listed as one of the most unliveable places by the United Nations in 1970 due to its extreme environment. More than one million residents are still identified as being below the poverty line by the government, which brings a considerable amount of aid to the area every year. Local people and the government, however, are looking for a sustainable way of to draw the local people out of the poverty trap. 19/10/2012, Wuzhong, China.
Using Microfinance to Escape Poverty
A woman with a red headscarf smiles at the photographer outside her cave dwelling. More than 2.5 million people, 41 percent of Ningxia’s population, are living in the region’s south mountainous area which was listed as one of the most unliveable places by the United Nations in 1970 due to its extreme environment. More than one million residents are still identified as being below the poverty line by the government, which brings a considerable amount of aid to the area every year. Local people and the government, however, are looking for a sustainable way of to draw the local people out of the poverty trap. 19/10/2012, Wuzhong, China.