Microcredit programmes, long considered efficient development tools, now face unprecedented crises in a number of countries. Is this the end of microcredit or r

In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and local economic d

Although microcredit programmes have long been considered efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake. This has

Microfinance insider Hugh Sinclair weaves a shocking tale of an industry focused on maximizing profits and plagued by predatory lending practices, scandals, cov