https://thediplomat.com The Diplomat is a current-affairs magazine for the Asia-Pacific, with news and analysis on politics, security, business, technology and life across the region. Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:19:19 +0900 en-US https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/cambodian-microfinances-high-repayment-rates-are-built-on-misery-research-finds/ https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/cambodian-microfinances-high-repayment-rates-are-built-on-misery-research-finds/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/cambodia-microfinance-should-be-taxed-to-address-climate-change-impact-research-says/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/10/cambodia-microfinance-should-be-taxed-to-address-climate-change-impact-research-says/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/is-cambodias-government-ready-to-tackle-the-problems-in-its-microfinance-sector/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/is-cambodias-government-ready-to-tackle-the-problems-in-its-microfinance-sector/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/world-bank-linked-watchdog-to-probe-alleged-cambodian-microfinance-abuses/ https://thediplomat.com/2022/05/world-bank-linked-watchdog-to-probe-alleged-cambodian-microfinance-abuses/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/can-cambodias-looming-microfinance-disaster-be-averted/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/10/can-cambodias-looming-microfinance-disaster-be-averted/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/cambodias-microfinance-industry-in-troubled-waters/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/09/cambodias-microfinance-industry-in-troubled-waters/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/ https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/08/how-developing-asia-is-using-blockchain-pilots/ https://thediplomat.com/2017/08/how-developing-asia-is-using-blockchain-pilots/ https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/fiza-farhan-a-pakistani-change-maker/ https://thediplomat.com/2015/03/fiza-farhan-a-pakistani-change-maker/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/saving-grameen-bank-sustaining-the-bangladesh-paradox/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/12/saving-grameen-bank-sustaining-the-bangladesh-paradox/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/04/microfinance-faces-uncertain-future-in-bangladesh/ https://thediplomat.com/2014/04/microfinance-faces-uncertain-future-in-bangladesh/ The government’s efforts to create micro credit institutions geared towards women are too important to dismiss.

]]> https://thediplomat.com/2013/03/empowering-women-through-microfinance-in-india/ https://thediplomat.com/2013/03/empowering-women-through-microfinance-in-india/ While Laos has been the beneficiary of rapid economic growth, not all are seeing its benefits.

]]> https://thediplomat.com/2012/11/laos-different-face-of-poverty/ https://thediplomat.com/2012/11/laos-different-face-of-poverty/ 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.

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]]> https://thediplomat.com/2011/10/the-microfinance-trap/ https://thediplomat.com/2011/10/the-microfinance-trap/ The problems at Grameen Bank and in India have hurt the image of microfinance. It’s still a good bet for Indonesia.

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