Role of microcredit and microfinance in the eradication of poverty 2004, para. 5
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Recognizing the need to create inclusive financial sectors in order to facilitate access for people living in poverty, especially women, to microcredit and microfinance so as to enable them to undertake microenterprises to generate employment and contribute to achieving self-empowerment, and to enhance their ability to increase income, build assets and mitigate vulnerability in times of hardship,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Poverty
Person(s) affected
Women
Year
2004
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Role of microcredit and microfinance in the eradication of poverty (2004), A/RES/59/246, PP 5.