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This article points out some arguments for why microfinance may not be an effective development strategy.

This article is about the distinction between microfinance institutions and commercial banking. The regulations applying to banks could make microfinance more difficult.

This article examines how small business loans help empower impoverished women in Peru. Finca Peru is a microfinance institution that gives business loans primarily to women, and has been enabling new business ventures. Additionally, the article presents how a small loan can cause a big economic change within a family, and even within a community.

Bangkok is now initiating a micro-finance scheme to make automobile and motorcycles more convenient and accessible to the average citizen.