How Microfinance Fights Poverty: Impact, Evidence, and What Actually Works

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When Muhammad Yunus lent $27 to 42 basket weavers in rural Bangladesh in 1974, he was testing a simple hypothesis: that poor people could be trusted with credit, and that small amounts of capital...

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What Is Microfinance and How Does It Work

What Did the Grameen Bank Prove About Lending to the Poor

What Does the RCT Evidence Actually Show About Microcredit

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