Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Dunford, for joining us here today.
In many of these war-torn or poor, undeveloped countries, what happens many times is that the men are displaced, or they're not usually in the picture as much as women in driving the family initiative or a business initiative. So many times the biggest opportunity is with the women of the community, even though they have a lot of responsibilities already.
I have a couple of questions.
Is there a correlation between the provision of microfinancing services and empowering women? That would be my first question.