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?

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