Wednesday 14 April 2010

Big Banks Draw Profits From Microloans to Poor

Those of you following developments in microfinance might find this article from today's New York Times interesting. The article raises a number of troubling concerns about some microfinance programmes - but should the main concern be that banks might make a profit off of poor people? What is really the problem here? Can behavioural economics shed light on some possible solutions?

No comments:

Post a Comment