Due Diligence: An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance

By G. David Roodman. 2011

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The Impact of Microcredit on the Poor in Bangladesh: Revisiting the Evidence (2014, unknown): “And the PK (2012) theoretical argument confuses individual and collective weakness (Roodman, 2012b).”
The Impact of Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence (2012, background): “Roodman (2012) finds similarly that when development is defined as freedom, the track record of microfinance varies and depends on the situation.”
Microfinance and the business of poverty reduction: Critical perspectives from rural Bangladesh (2017, background): “…disposable income and enabled poor families to move out of poverty (Khandker, 2005), other studies found no evidence of such a relationship (Kah et al., 2005; Morris and Barnes, 2005) and some even found a negative impact (Bateman, 2010; Dichter and Harper, 2007; Karim, 2011; Roodman, 2011).”
Business, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Toward Poverty Reduction (2019, background): “These measures include foreign aid programs, microfinance and property rights promotion, and bottom of the pyramid initiatives (Alvarez, Barney, and Newman 2015), These initiatives have not had much impact on extreme poverty and may have actually created some additional problems (Easterly 2006; Rood”
How does microfinance enhance entrepreneurial outcomes in emerging economies? The mediating mechanisms of psychological and social capital (2014, background): “In addition to lack of proven impact, microcredit – particularly in India, Bangladesh and Mexico – has been criticised for high interest rates, the use of loans for personal consumption, the creation of debt traps for the poor and sometimes, the tragic effects of intense pressure for repayment from ”
Economic Self-Help group Programs for Improving Women's Empowerment: A Systematic Review (2015, background): “The prevailing positive view was mostly based on anecdotal evidence and studies that were vulnerable to selection bias (Roodman, 2011).”
Bankers at the gate: Microfinance and the high cost of borrowed logics (2012, background): “These include concerns about its sustainability, lack of social and economic development, and the impact of aggressive lending practices in fostering escalating cycles of debt amongst borrowers (Simanowitz, 2011; Roodman, 2012).”