Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2011

So far, the Andhra Pradesh (AP) microfinance crisis has largely been viewed as a local issue, with relatively little impact beyond AP or India's borders. Other microfinance crises, in Bolivia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, and Bosnia, have not spread beyond the borders of a particular country. That could likely have consequences.

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Microfinance Debt to Equity Ratio MFI Crisis 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

The microfinance industry has in just a few years gone from making headlines for the Nobel Peace Prize to stories about limited impact, allegedly abusive tactics, client suicides, government crackdowns, major lenders struggling with insolvency and the forcible removal of Mohammed Yunus as Managing Director of Grameen Bank.

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Microfinance Entrepreneur Crisis Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 17, 2016

And if you need access to money, crowdfunding platforms and microfinance options make that easier than ever. But today such companies seem to be stifling entrepreneurship; they have become short-term-oriented and unduly conservative. To be a taxi driver, you need a car and a GPS. To be a hotelier, you need a spare room.

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Drucker Microfinance Licensing Entrepreneur 8