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Scenario

When Microfinance Creates Competition Instead of Opportunity

I started selling vegetables with my microloan but three other women in the same program are now selling vegetables too and none of us are making enough money anymore.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Individual solutions to systemic problems can create new forms of the same scarcity they're trying to address.

Your guide for this
Zera
Zera works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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