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microfinance: a standalone construct

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Development economics

small loans and financial services for poor households without collateral, often through group lending.

In development economics, microfinance refers to small loans and financial services for poor households without collateral, often through group lending. This meaning comes from Morduch (1999) in Journal of Economic Literature.[1]

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References

Morduch, J. (1999). The Microfinance Promise. Journal of Economic Literature, 37(4), 1569-1614. https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.37.4.1569

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