Loans Are Not Enough: Social Safety Nets Keyto Lifting Women Nano-Entrepreneurs Out of Poverty, Study Finds Mindanao, Philippines — Market-based approaches such as microloans are not enough to help women nano-entrepreneurs escape poverty. What they urgently need are strong social safety nets—savings, insurance, childcare support, and disaster assistance—to survive repeated… Read more: Loans Are Not Enough: Social Safety Nets Key to Lifting Women Nano-Entrepreneurs Out of Poverty, Study Finds