To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they?

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to self-sufficiency. But in this innovative Uganda project, something isn't clicking.

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To 'graduate' from poverty, they can borrow to build a business. So why aren't they?
Dean Karlan (in blue shirt) meets with a group of refugees in southwest Uganda to hear about their experience with a program that offers loans to help them

It's called the "graduation" approach — both financial and moral support to help people move from extreme poverty to self-sufficiency. But in this innovative Uganda project, something isn't clicking.

(Image credit: Claire Harbage/NPR)

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