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Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?
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Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

Ruipeng Liu, Senior Lecturer in finance, Deakin UniversityAugust 19, 2026August 19, 2026

Microfinance was once celebrated as Asia’s tool to lift people out of poverty. From Bangladesh…

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