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Cambodia microfinance
Rising Cambodia Microfinance NPLs Signal Forced Land Sales, Child Labor
By David Whitehouse
The rise in non-performing loans only hints at the heavy burden of debt borne by tens of thousands of rural Cambodians.
Will the World Bank’s IFC Uphold or Destroy Its Internal Watchdog’s Independence?
By Naly Pilorge and Vuthy Eang
An investigation into the IFC’s funding of Cambodia’s troubled microfinance sector has implications far beyond the country’s borders.
We Know Microfinance Harms Cambodia’s Poor. What Can Be Done About It?
By David Hutt
Much ink has been spilled identifying the many problems with the sector, but much less so about possible ways forward.
Cambodian Microfinance’s High Repayment Rates Are Built on Misery, Research Finds
By David Whitehouse
Boosters of microfinance claim that it can rescue people from rapacious informal lenders. That’s not the case in Cambodia.
Western Investors Are Losing the Ability to Shape the Future of Cambodian Microfinance
By David Whitehouse
The industry's foreign financial backers are now aware of the scale of the country's over-indebtedness – but they have lost the ability to do much about it.
Cambodia’s Micro-credit Crisis Reveals the Bankruptcy of the State
By Sam Rainsy
Over the past decade, microfinance has been rolled out against a backdrop of a profoundly weak and corrupt state.
Cambodia Microfinance Should be Taxed to Address Climate Change Impact, Research Says
By David Whitehouse
In contrast to the industry’s claim that microfinance allows borrowers to expand their businesses, many Cambodians "have no choice but to borrow to make ends meet.”
Is Cambodia’s Government Ready to Tackle the Problems in Its Microfinance Sector?
By Molika Heng
Phnom Penh's attempts to relieve its worsening rural debt crisis are yet to have the intended effects.
World Bank-Linked Watchdog to Probe Alleged Cambodian Microfinance Abuses
By Sebastian Strangio
Two Cambodian civil society groups claim that "reckless" micro-lending has contributed to a brewing rural debt crisis.
Can We Trust the Cambodia Microfinance Association?
By David Hutt
The CMA is an awkward amalgam of industry lobby group and regulatory watchdog.
Can Cambodia’s Looming Microfinance Disaster be Averted?
By David Hutt
A solution to Cambodia's spiraling debt crisis is urgently required, but risks uncovering deeper economic problems.
Cambodia’s Microfinance Industry in Troubled Waters
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with economist Ron Bevacqua about the crisis facing Cambodia's microfinance sector.
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