Yunus is also noted for the creation of "micro-credit," which provides "micro" loans to the poor and serves as a catalyst for improving their socioeconomic conditions.

尤努斯博士还以他发明的小额信贷而闻名，为穷人提供小额贷款，是提升穷人社会经济条件的催化剂。

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Rural Micro-credit is a service which especially provides low-income farmers in the rural areas with small, unsecured and short-term loans.

农村小额信贷是一种专门向农村低收入农民提供的小额、无担保、短期贷款的信贷服务。

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For example, the path breaking work of Muhammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank shows that small micro-credit loans given to women are nearly always paid back and that the funds are used to invest in businesses, that provide funds to educate children and lift families out of poverty.

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Micro-credit programmes provide low interest loans for the economically marginalised who cannot gain access to credit from conventional banks.

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Muhammad Yunus is a global leader in anti-poverty efforts, and pioneered the use of "micro-loans" to provide credit to poor individuals.

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