This has been going on for many decades, but basically what we're looking for is funding for the poor and small and medium enterprises in order to be able to create a better economic situation in El Salvador.

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"Where we need to get to, to grow the economy, is the bit in between individual poor entrepreneurs and larger businesses, which are small and medium-term enterprises, and that's what needs to be supported, " he argues.

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For social enterprises to scale their delivery of essential goods and services to the poor, they need access to working capital, and they need fair wages.

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The problems in the manufacturing sector, which is predominantly made up of small- and mid-sized enterprises, adds to worrying reports of highly pessimistic consumer confidence levels and poor retail sales.

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Three decades after creating the Grameen Bank, which makes small loans to poor people, Yunus is preaching the gospel of social business, which he defines as self-sustaining enterprises that tackle social problems.

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Designed to develop and enhance cultural tourism in Kars through pro-poor tourism development policies, safeguarding of tangible and intangible cultural heritage and development of capacities of communities and enterprises for income generation and job creation in the province of Kars.

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