The latest in a series of articles highlighting the supposed ineffectiveness of  microfinance is from the Boston Globe

Small change

Billions of dollars and a Nobel Prize later, it looks like ‘microlending’ doesn’t actually do much to fight poverty

In the world of international aid, microcredit is a rock star. The practice of giving very poor people very small [...]

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