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A functioning business sector, access to good-paying jobs and the availability of affordable credit to spur entrepreneurship and employment - all necessary ingredients to building healthy, stable communities.

Our economic programs, ranging from building roads to making $60 million in loans, alleviate poverty and give people the tools they need to build sustainable economies.

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Fertilizers purchased with Mercy Corps loan proceeds doubled the Zhong's farming income. "Before these loans, there was none of this," he says, gesturing toward their vineyards.

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