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Microcredit is an essential vehicle for socio-economic development. It promotes financial inclusion and consequently social inclusion of those underprivileged segments of the population that are financially excluded for several reasons. Despite its importance and its...

Since its creation in 2000 Microfinanza has been working on financial inclusion at different levels and in different contexts, and in recent years the company put its attention on the topic of green microfinance, under the spotlight of the transition of the financial sector.

In 2020 Microfinanza Srl has relaunched, in partnership with Unicef, financial education activities for vulnerable populations in Haiti, on the border with the Dominican Republic.

Microfinanza turned twenty in October! Here is a quick look back at 20 years of work for financial inclusion, all over the world. Thank you to everyone who supported and trusted us! The microfinanza team

Confessioni di un NEET is the novel with which Sandro Frizziero, writer and literature professor, participated in the final selection of the John Fante Prize in 2019. The protagonist of the book is a young man born and raised in Chioggia, who, like one out of four...

Dear Lebanon,   It is with sorrow and sadness that we are following the terrible news from Beirut. A frightful event that shocked us deeply and that is furtherly exacerbating the difficult situation of the country. We cannot even imagine the fear and the pain,...

The multi-dimensionality of factors and personal situations results in an extreme heterogeneity within the NEET group. The acronym hides subcategories, all of which representing different realities.

Microfinance institutions’ mission is to provide financial services (loans, savings or insurance) to people who are excluded from the financial system because they are poor and do not have any credit history and are thus considered as risky and costly for the banks.

The concept of “green finance” refers to all financial products supporting environmentally friendly projects and creating positive externalities which also have a positive social and economic impact. It does include green bonds, but also loans supporting activities related to green energies, or any other project aiming at climate change mitigation or adaptation for instance.