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When good intentions in impact investing go wrong

I've been investing in microfinance for years thinking I was helping poor communities but now I'm reading it might actually be exploiting them and I don't know what to believe.

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The discovery that well-intentioned investments may cause harm reveals the complexity of cross-cultural intervention and the limits of good intentions.

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