Among these, Global microfinance campaign and domestic initiatives helped in changing lives of poor and extended them finance that contributed to their economic empowerment. In Asia, the number of microfinance beneficiaries has now reached 113 million: 74% of who were poor and 65% women.
Including families of the beneficiary clients, microfinance services reached close to 465 million across the world – almost 85% of these are Asian clients. Dealing with “poverty” is complex given its dimensions and multiple causative factors.