Mexico stands out as an exception in Latin American microfinance. Despite having the region’s largest population and its largest microfinance market, Mexico has a relatively small overall loan ...

“Microfinance” comprises financial services, the most familiar of which are loans of $50 to $1500 that enable the borrower to launch or expand a business. In Bangladesh, many microfinance programs are ...

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Two years ago, Mama Monique and her six children were evicted from their home in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Now, after getting an initial $50 loan, she owns and runs a local bread and sweet ...

The role of organising and disseminating knowledge as a global public good has become a major preoccupation of international development organisations. One area in which they are particularly active ...

The Journal of Developing Areas, Vol. 50, No. 3 (Summer 2016), pp. 305-318 (14 pages) Although the microfinance movement has developed rapidly in Bangladesh over the last three decades, there has been ...