When the rich suffer, so do the poor. Or so goes the trickle-down theory. It turns out, though, that the spreading of global financial pain is far from simple. The microfinance industry, for instance, ...

Micro entrepreneurs in developing countries who take out loans from microfinance organizations as members of a group are more satisfied with their experience than individual borrowers. And ...

Companies such as 60 Decibels, which provide marketing services to microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the form of research, are in a tricky position as they seek to defend loans made with the aim of ...