To Their Credit

English/21min 21sec/2003
Producer: TERI
Supported by: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

Subject Focus: The Film focuses on the success of microfinance movements on parts of India

Summary: To their Credit shows how women have emerged as the real victors of the micro finance movement. They confidently interact with banks, secure loans and promptly repay them. Naturally, banks are ecstatic. Easy access to capital has encouraged women to look at life with a new spirit of enterprise. Many are laughing on their way to the bank as they revolve the profits to expand their business. They have learnt to deal with the harsh, organized world.

Producer’s/Director’s Profile: A unique developing-country institution, TERI is deeply committed to every aspect of sustainable development. From providing environment-friendly solutions to rural energy problems to helping shape the development of the Indian oil and gas sector; from tackling global climate change issues across many continents to enhancing forest conservation efforts among local communities; from advancing solutions to growing urban transport and air pollution problems to promoting energy efficiency in the Indian industry, the emphasis has always been on finding innovative solutions to make the world a better place to live in.