Research commissioned by the Cambodia Microfinance Association (CMA) and carried out by the M-CRIL ratings agency signals a retreat from the claim that there is a verifiable connection between ...

LAPO Microfinance Bank has partnered with the World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI) to launch a climate-smart ...

Nick Bernards shows long-term failures of microfinance in his book ‘A Critical History of Poverty Finance: Colonial Roots and Neoliberal Failures’. The burden of proof that microfinance makes any ...

The World Bank Group has set a clear mission: ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward these ...

Figure 4b: The poorest regions are furthest behind and contribute more to the Global Prosperity Gap relative to their population in 2024 Figure 5: Limited gains in the Global Gap due to a slowdown of ...

Patna: Siyaram Saw hadn’t slept all night, dreading the microfinance recovery agent due at dawn. When the door finally rattled, the 48-year-old, paralysed on his left side, could only watch as the ...