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Outstanding debt for microfinance loans dipped slightly in the first half of the year, with less people borrowing in a slow economy, according to a national group of microfinance lenders. Outstanding loans were down at least $20 million for the first half of 2009, the first-ever decrease in nearly a decade, according to the Cambodian [...]

Cambodia Public Bank and ANZ Royal will provide loans to small and medium businesses, through a program with the UNDP and International Trade Center. The loans will be available from October 2009 and will focus on 100 agricultural-related businesses. The two banks were selected from some other banks that had an interest in offering loans [...]