Banking on the Future: Micro-Credit Leads to Macro-Changes in Tajikistan

27 February 2008

GARM, Tajikistan — On a late afternoon in a small village near the town of Garm a group of women are sit cross-legged on the brightly coloured padded quilts that are a fixture in all Tajik households. Outside the jamoat – or community centre – a chilly wind flattens the rough grasses surrounding this tiny collection of one-storey houses.