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1 Feb 2010

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Co-operative Bank

[video] The Benefits of Microfinance

The Co-operative Bank [part of Co-operative Group] has created a special $50 million fund in order to support the future development of small businesses in some of the world’s poorest countries. Here we follow Belma Gracankic, a Bosnian refugee who now works at the bank, as she returns home to see how microfinance has helped rebuild lives in Bosnia.