Why is the US government making sub-prime loans to women in 3rd world countries?

by Renegade98
Question by Brad: Why is the US government making sub-prime loans to women in 3rd world countries?
http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/09/womens-empowerment-programs-hurt-women/

The article I linked to points out the ways in which the government's "women's empowerment" programs hurt women.

One of the more disturbing programs to "empower" women (backed by a government agency called USAID) is microfinance, which is another name for sub-prime loans, specifically sub-prime loans to

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