The macro challenges in Cambodia’s microfinance sector
In August, two local Cambodian organizations, Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) published Collateral Damage: Land Loss and Abuses in Cambodia’s Microfinance Sector, a report about the dangerous growth of the country’s microfinance sector. It spotlighted an issue that researchers have been warning about for years. A report like this wouldn’t ordinarily stir up the Cambodian government, but it is increasingly sensitive to claims that Cambodians are over-indebted, and to suggestions that its poverty-reduction record may, in fact, be exaggerated. …
David Hutt
https://thediplomat.com/2019/10/the-macro-challenges-in-cambodias-microfinance-sector/
