microfinance – The Diplomat

Cambodian Microfinance’s High Repayment Rates Are Built on Misery, Research Finds

David Whitehouse — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:35:00 +0900

Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia.

Cambodia Microfinance Should be Taxed to Address Climate Change Impact, Research Says

David Whitehouse — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 10:03:00 +0900

In contrast to the industry’s claim that microfinance allows borrowers to expand their businesses, many Cambodians "have no choice but to borrow to make ends meet.”

Is Cambodia’s Government Ready to Tackle the Problems in Its Microfinance Sector?

Molika Heng — Wed, 11 May 2022 15:54:00 +0900

Phnom Penh's attempts to relieve its worsening rural debt crisis are yet to have the intended effects.

World Bank-Linked Watchdog to Probe Alleged Cambodian Microfinance Abuses

Sebastian Strangio — Thu, 05 May 2022 10:44:00 +0900

Two Cambodian civil society groups claim that "reckless" micro-lending has contributed to a brewing rural debt crisis.

Can Cambodia’s Looming Microfinance Disaster be Averted?

David Hutt — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 09:29:00 +0900

A solution to Cambodia's spiraling debt crisis is urgently required, but risks uncovering deeper economic problems.

Cambodia’s Microfinance Industry in Troubled Waters

Luke Hunt — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 16:38:00 +0900

A conversation with economist Ron Bevacqua about the crisis facing Cambodia's microfinance sector.

The Macro Challenges in Cambodia’s Microfinance Sector

David Hutt — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:34:00 +0900

A closer look at an alarming trend.

How Developing Asia Is Using Blockchain Pilots

Alisa DiCaprio and Steven Beck — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 22:53:00 +0900

Why blockchain technology is booming in the Asia-Pacific.

Fiza Farhan: A Pakistani Change-Maker

Sonya Rehman — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:27:00 +0900

A young entrepreneur is empowering rural Pakistan with microfinance and energy projects

Saving Grameen Bank, Sustaining the Bangladesh Paradox

Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 18:17:00 +0900

Increasing state control over Grameen Bank will hardly serve the interests of Bangladesh.

Microfinance Faces Uncertain Future in Bangladesh

Ankit Panda — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 02:28:00 +0900

The Bangladesh government should reevaluate its pursuit to regulate and nationalize the operations of the Grameen Bank.

Empowering Women Through Microfinance in India

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:02:21 +0900

The government’s efforts to create micro credit institutions geared towards women are too important to dismiss.

Laos' "Different Face" of Poverty

Sat, 17 Nov 2012 06:19:00 +0900

While Laos has been the beneficiary of rapid economic growth, not all are seeing its benefits.

India’s Looming Microcredit Crisis

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:38:20 +0900

Microfinance schemes were meant to be the saviour of the world’s poor. But in parts of India, lenders are enticing borrowers into poverty traps.

The Microfinance Trap?

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 22:29:23 +0900

Is microfinance the saviour of the poor that some see it as? In Southeast Asia, the jury is still out.

Microfinance and Young Indonesia

Mon, 23 May 2011 14:32:23 +0900

The problems at Grameen Bank and in India have hurt the image of microfinance. It’s still a good bet for Indonesia.