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Rethinking Microfinance With Consumption Loans

Studies show that most microfinance loans are being spent on consumer goods, not the creation of new enterprise. Microfinanciers need to create better consumption loans and couple them with savings and insurance products, suggests Jonathan Morduch, a New York University economics professor.

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