To break the grinding cycle of debt and poverty, Yunus loaned $27 to Begum and more than 40 of her neighbours in the village of Joba. He allowed them to pay him back over the next year as their businesses started to produce stable profits.
Yunus loaned $500 to Begum and more than 40 of her neighbours in the village of Joba.
( z1 loan :ARG0 ( z2 person :name ( z3 name :op "Yunus" ) ) :ARG1 ( z4 monetary-quantity :quant 500 :unit ( z5 dollar ) ) :ARG2 ( z6 and :op ( z7 person :name ( z8 name :op "Begum" ) ) :op ( z9 neighbor :quant ( z10 more-than :op 40 ) :ARG1-of ( z11 include :ARG2 ( z12 neighbor :poss z7 ) ) :location ( z13 village :name ( z14 name :op "Joba" ) ) ) ) )