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Few rural families are able to access credit: report

Although access to credit is seen as a key factor in ending poverty, just 29 per cent or so rural households have received loans, a new report says.

Ending poverty needs more than growth, World Bank says

 Economic growth is "not enough" to end global poverty, the World Bank has said.It has urged developing countries to allocate more resources to their extreme poor, including through bigger welfare programmes.