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When Market Assumptions in Microfinance Prove Wrong

I borrowed money through microfinance to buy a sewing machine but there's no market for clothes here and I don't know how to tell my lending group I failed.

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Individual entrepreneurship fails when broader economic conditions don't support new businesses.

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“Where Are You with Microfinance — small loans and global poverty?”

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