Is microdebt good for poor people? A note on the dark side of microfinance

By D. Hulme. 2000

256 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Urban Studies

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In Business and International Management

1. Myrto Chliova
2. J. Brinckmann
3. Jessica Schicks
4. Nina Rosenbusch

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2. J. Brinckmann
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In Urban Studies

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Citations in the corpus

• Microfinance and Climate Change Adaptation (2009, background): “…surrounding microfinance has in some ways obscured the fact that the microfinance industry is still fragmented, composed of a broad range of operators offering different products and services at different scales, often with insufficient data to quantify or prove results (Hulme 2007; Karnani 2007).”
• Over-Indebtedness in Microfinance – An Empirical Analysis of Related Factors on the Borrower Level (2012, background): “increase the difficulties of borrowers coping with their debt (Gonzalez, 2008; Hulme, 2007).”
• IS MICROCREDIT A BLESSING FOR THE POOR? A META-ANALYSIS (2015, background): “Multiple studies have suggested that credit is in great demand in informal markets irrespective of entrepreneurial endeavors (Hulme, 2000; Morduch & Haley, 2002; Woller, 2004).”