Leonor Melo de Velasco
President, Fundacion Mundo Mujer-Popayan
Popayan, Colombia
Advisor for the International Year of Microcredit 2005
“The purpose of declaring 2005 as the year
of microcredit is to open a space in conventional
financial thought, to make indispensable pause, and
to focus on the democratization of credit.
It is expected that talent, knowledge and know-how will be
used in the attainment of politics and systematic and reliable
way to ensure access to credit for the vast majority of the
population, including the poorest sector of the working class.
This endeavor, leaving valid per se reasons of justice, is
a necessary condition to obtain sustainable societies where
it will be possible to live.”
En Espanol:
“El propósito de declarar el 2005
como el año del microcrédito es el abrir un
espacio en el pensamiento financiero convencional, es hacer
una pausa indispensable para concentrarse en la democratización
del crédito.
Se espera desarrollar políticas, usar talento, conocimiento
y destrezas en la consecución de métodos sistemáticos
y confiables para asegurar su acceso para la gran mayoría
de la población, el sector mas pobre de la clase trabajadora.
Este esfuerzo, dejando de lado razones de justicia, válidas
en si mismas, es una condición necesaria para obtener
sociedades sostenibles en las cuales sea posible vivir.”
Ms. Melo de Velasco is the Founder and President of the NGO
Fundacion Mundo Mujer-Popayan, an MFI affiliated with Women’s
World Banking, that has specialized in credit for microentrepreneurs
since 1985. The organization has received numerous awards
and distinctions including an award of excellence from the
Inter-American Development Bank in 2000 and the Ford Foundation
award for Innovation in Rural Credit in 2004. She holds a
Master of Business Administration from the Universidad del
Valle (Universidad del Cauca).
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