Minister Gilberto Gil
Minister of Culture
Brazil
Emissary for the International Year of Microcredit 2005

“Microentrepreneurs are not only shopkeepers or farmers, they are musicians, artists, and filmmakers. Creative enterprises represent a vibrant and growing economic sector in which local talent can, with enough support, make a global impact. Supporting creative endeavors with microfinance services will not only build cultural assets, it will contribute to the final goal of alleviating poverty.”

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