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How Developing Asia Is Using Blockchain Pilots
By Alisa DiCaprio and Steven Beck
Why blockchain technology is booming in the Asia-Pacific.
Fiza Farhan: A Pakistani Change-Maker
By Sonya Rehman
A young entrepreneur is empowering rural Pakistan with microfinance and energy projects
Saving Grameen Bank, Sustaining the Bangladesh Paradox
By Niaz Asadullah and Zaki Wahhaj
Increasing state control over Grameen Bank will hardly serve the interests of Bangladesh.
Microfinance Faces Uncertain Future in Bangladesh
By Ankit Panda
The Bangladesh government should reevaluate its pursuit to regulate and nationalize the operations of the Grameen Bank.
Empowering Women Through Microfinance in India
The government’s efforts to create micro credit institutions geared towards women are too important to dismiss.
Laos' "Different Face" of Poverty
While Laos has been the beneficiary of rapid economic growth, not all are seeing its benefits.
India’s Looming Microcredit Crisis
Microfinance schemes were meant to be the saviour of the world’s poor. But in parts of India, lenders are enticing borrowers into poverty traps.
The Microfinance Trap?
Is microfinance the saviour of the poor that some see it as? In Southeast Asia, the jury is still out.
Microfinance and Young Indonesia
The problems at Grameen Bank and in India have hurt the image of microfinance. It’s still a good bet for Indonesia.
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