Under an ambitious government plan to provide debt relief for low-income earners in debt to loan sharks or illegal loan schemes, each of the estimated 1,700,000 debtors across the country is to be offered soft loans up to Bt200,000. ...full story at The Nation
from The Nation on Thu, Nov 05 2009
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