You could call it “the cult of the small”, the idea that small enterprises and smallholder farmers are the backbone of poor economies, the key to social resilience and the best hope for eliminating poverty. You see it in the emphasis on microloans, small businesses and funding community projects. These interventions are all very well. Safety nets, telephone banking and rural roads can help the income prospects of the very poorest. By some estimates, small and medium enterprises account for 80 per cent of Africa’s economic output. But the cult of the small needs a corrective. Africa needs to think big.
你可以稱之為“對‘小’的崇拜”，即認為小企業和小農戶是貧窮經濟體的支柱，是社會韌性的關鍵，是消除貧困的最大希望。你可以從對小額貸款、小企業和資助社區項目的重視中看到這種思想。
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