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Why it's high time for microfinance to become mainstream
Why it's high time for microfinance to become mainstream
“Microfinance” has been one of the great success stories of finance in the developing world. It’s something that the Western world could learn from. Yes we have Credit Unions, but their share of the market is tiny, and they don’t have an impact on the lower-income sector of the population in any meaningful way.
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