Smiling All the Way To the Bank Village banks in Malawi give people access to convenient, profitable finance

• 作者: Edwin Nyirongo
• 来源期刊: 中国与非洲（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（7）
• 所属期刊栏目: Africa Report
• 页码范围: 38-39
• 页数: 2页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Maltrida Phiri, 48, from Malawi's southern district of Neno, sits on the smart verandah of her corrugated sheet-iron roofed house and reminisces. Ten years ago, her circumstances were very different, as she lived in a grass-thatched house that leaked during the rainy season. "It was tough, but there was nothing I could do apart from facing reality. I often thought about having a well-built house, [especially] one that did not leak," she said.