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HELP SUPPORT THE YEAR THROUGH YOUR DONATION

Join this global effort. Your donation will help raise awareness about the power of microfinance in increasing economic opportunities for people, and address and overcome the challenges in widening access to such financial services.

 
Your support will go to our Year Global Initiatives that include the:
 
Data Project
   
Blue Book Project
   
Global Microentrepreneurship Awards
   
National Committees
   
and other Strategic Partnership Projects that will help engage government agencies, United Nations system organizations, private and public sectors, civil society, non-governmental organizations and other microcredit and microfinance partners in forming new partnerships to design various new projects under the Year.
   

The United Nations Foundation (UNF) is supporting the Year effort to build sustainable financial sectors throughout the world. To donate, you will be directed to the secure server of the United Nations Foundation.

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Jose Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General

José Antonio Ocampo, Under Secretary-General
“To ensure that poor people are included in the benefits of development, it is necessary that these vast numbers have consistent access to financial services, access that can translate into a key element of economic growth and poverty alleviation: options.”
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