An informative article from our partners at MCE Social Capital…
Emerging Voices features contributions from scholars and practitioners highlighting new research, thinking, and approaches to development challenges. This article is from Gary Ford, chief executive officer of MCE Social Capital, and Benjamin D. Stone, director of strategy and general counsel of MCE Social Capital and a CFR term member. Here they discuss how loan guarantees can help unlock economic opportunities for people in the developing world.
According to the World Bank’s 2015 Global Financial Inclusion Database, more than 2 billion people lack access to formal financial services, including savings accounts, insurance, and loans. Over the last two decades, microfinance has helped fill this gap by delivering credit and other financial services to low-income people, particularly entrepreneurs, around the world.