The Case for Social Investment in Microcredit

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The Case for Social Investment in Microcredit

Timothy Ogden from the Financial Access Initiative at the NYU Wagner Graduate School states, “There are strong arguments for continued investment in microcredit. These arguments are based on, not in contradiction to, the recent evaluations of microcredit impact. That the average impact of access to microcredit is modest is not in serious doubt. However, every evaluation of the impact of microcredit shows that there are people who benefit, and that most borrowers, when lenders behave responsibly, do not experience harm”.

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