"We won’t ask them to stop begging immediately but would encourage them to ask people...if they need to make a phone call... The money the beggars get from calls would give them extra income -- of which they will use a part to reimburse the cost of the cellphone to the bank." Beggars would need to be a member of a Grameen Bank project to be eligible to get a mobile phone. Each phone will cost them 8,500 taka ($143), repayable over two years in interest-free installments. They would also pay a subsidized monthly service charge of 152 taka.(听英文53684)
乡村银行主意多 乞丐脱贫靠手机
达卡:孟加拉国的乡村银行以首创小额贷款项目而闻名,如今它又启动了新的扶贫计划:向乞丐们提供手机,使其通过提供移动电话服务来挣钱。乡村银行的常务副董事长蒂巴尔·臣德拉·巴路瓦说:“迄今为止,乞丐是