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Microfinance and Poverty
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Microfinance and Poverty
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. Which definition best describes poverty?
Not having enough money or resources to meet basic needs (food, shelter, education)
Feeling unhappy for a long time
Being unemployed for one week
2. Which scenario is an example of microfinance?
A small loan to buy materials for a stall, plus advice on budgeting
A large mortgage from a bank to buy a house
A one-off charity gift with no guidance
3. Why are many microloans kept small?
So borrowers can repay more easily and risk is lower
Because lenders do not like to lend money
To make the paperwork longer
4. Apart from money, what extra support might a microfinance provider give?
Training in running a small business and budgeting
Only entertainment and events
Free holidays abroad
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers
5. Emerging (identify one benefit): Name one benefit microfinance can give to a person or family.
6. Developing (describe how it works): In one sentence, explain how a microloan helps someone start or grow a small business.
7. Secure (explain poverty): Write a short explanation of what poverty means and one way it might affect someone’s daily life.
8. Case example: A person takes a £20 microloan to buy sewing materials and repays £22 after selling clothes. Give one reason small loans like this can help people become more independent.
9. Check all the things a microfinance provider might consider before giving a loan:
The borrower’s business idea and plan
Local demand for the product or service
The borrower’s favourite colour
Whether the borrower can repay and has some support or training
🎨 Part 3: Creative Activity
10. Plan a simple micro-business: Sketch and label your idea. Include: the business (e.g. lemonade stall), what you would buy with a small loan (write the £ amount), and one way you would repay the loan.
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