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  • How microfinance companies use women’s labour for profit with little regard for financial inclusion

    How microfinance companies use women’s labour for profit with little regard for financial inclusion

    Smitha Radhakrishnan
    · Apr 17, 2023 · 07:30 am
  • As pandemic pushes India’s microfinance sector to the brink, women are the first to fall

    As pandemic pushes India’s microfinance sector to the brink, women are the first to fall

    Mahima Jain
    · Dec 18, 2020 · 09:00 am
  • Women’s self-help groups in rural India have pushed past obstacles and boosted household incomes

    Women’s self-help groups in rural India have pushed past obstacles and boosted household incomes

    Shreya Khaitan, IndiaSpend.com
    · Oct 25, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • Why do moneylenders still thrive when formal microfinance is widely available?

    Why do moneylenders still thrive when formal microfinance is widely available?

    Frithjof Arp, The Conversation
    · Jan 11, 2018 · 11:30 pm
  • How twining technology with traditional skill has changed the lives of Assam’s Mising tribals

    How twining technology with traditional skill has changed the lives of Assam’s Mising tribals

    Abdul Hamid
    · Dec 17, 2017 · 08:30 pm
  • How microfinance reduces gender inequality in developing countries

    How microfinance reduces gender inequality in developing countries

    Quanda Zhang and Alberto Posso, The Conversation
    · Mar 08, 2017 · 11:30 pm
  • Despite the Supreme Court, you need Aadhaar to get a loan from microfinance companies

    Despite the Supreme Court, you need Aadhaar to get a loan from microfinance companies

    Mayank Jain
    · Sep 29, 2016 · 06:30 pm
  • Savings groups kept Maharashtra's poor afloat – but now some of them are sinking

    Savings groups kept Maharashtra's poor afloat – but now some of them are sinking

    Aritra Bhattacharya
    · Sep 04, 2016 · 06:30 pm