zm03225 - Small shop at Mongu market. Woman’s tailoring business, Zambia.

ni0412 - Small shop, Managua, Nicaragua.

05vn042 - Girls painting small statue, Hanoi, Vietnam.

5141 - Fruit stall at the market in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.

hn0416 - Man weighing sugar, a small village shop near Marcala, Honduras.

ni0411 - Small shop, Managua, Nicaragua.

06bd325 - Small cycle drawn vehicle for carrying school children, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

3693 - Small shop, Atambua, West Timor, Indonesia.

3717 - Small shop, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

km05175 - Micro credit recipient, bought a small shop, from loan taken by Cherock (35), Cambodia.

4238 - Small trader in the Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya.

ni0436 - Woman preparing food in her small local restaurant, Managua, Nicaragua.

06km331 - Woman catching small fish, Prey Veng, Kampot Province. Note: use in Scotland embargoed until March 2009, Cambodia.

N06in057 - Ms Sunita Devi, age 22 , her husband is 25, laborer. Ms Sabitri (step-mother), age 35, and infant boy, (7 months) Chaviraj. Her husband is a laborer. Sunita and Sabitri work together buying fruit and vegetables from the market and reselling them in the village. They borrowed 500Rs to start this business, and paid back the loan in two months. ’I am now able to meet my regular expenditures. Before, I had to borrow money to pay for some living costs. I now have my own small private savings, and I can afford to pay the monthly SHG contribution.’ Members of Women’s Self Help and Microcredit Savings Group, Raunakhurd Village, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

N06in058 - Ms Sunita Devi, age 22, her husband is a 25 year old laborer. Ms Sabitri (step-mother), age 35, and infant boy (7 months) Chaviraj. Her husband is a laborer. Sunita and Sabitri work together buying fruit and vegetables from the market and reselling them in the village. They borrowed 500Rs to start this business, and paid back the loan in two months. ’I am now able to meet my regular expenditures. Before, I had to borrow money to pay for some living costs. I now have my own small private savings, and I can afford to pay the monthly SHG contribution.’ Members of Women’s Self Help and Microcredit Savings Group, Raunakhurd Village, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

km05171 - Charcoal being unloaded at the house of a woman who sells it, Cambodia.

N06in059 - Ms Sunita Devi, age 22 Husband is 25, laborer Ms Sabitri (step-mother), age 35, and infant boy (7 months) Chaviraj. Her husband is a laborer. Sunita and Sabitri work together buying fruit and vegetables from the market and reselling them in the village. They borrowed 500Rs to start this business, and paid back the loan in two months. ’I am now able to meet my regular expenditures. Before, I had to borrow money to pay for some living costs. I now have my own small private savings, and I can afford to pay the monthly SHG contribution.’ Members of Women’s Self Help and Microcredit Savings Group, Raunakhurd Village, Varanasi District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

05br296 - Farmer cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

ni04102 - A man and his small pineapple plantation. Masaya, Nicaragua.

5138 - Market in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.

km05174 - Micro credit recipient, bought a small shop, from loan taken by Cherock (35), Cambodia.

05co011 - Fisherman repairing his nets at a small village near Barrancabermeja on the Rio Magdalena, Colombia.

05co014 - Heny Abufe, fisherman, with a small catch from the Rio Magdalena, Barrancabermeja, Colombia.

05br153 - Farmers cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

05br152 - Farmers hoeing peppers and cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

05br150 - Farmers cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

05br151 - Farmers cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

05br147 - Farmer with cassava, cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

05br149 - Farmer holding cassava, cultivating a small piece of land at Tinbo Quilombo, Pernambuco. Quilombos were first settled by descendants of African slaves who escaped 300 years ago, Brazil.

5140 - Fish stall at the market in Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia.