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Why Development Work Can Feel Like Living in Two Different Worlds

The rural community where I work with microfinance has no cell phone service and I feel completely cut off from my real life when I'm there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Geographic and cultural isolation creates an identity split between professional purpose and personal connection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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