Report: MFI loans force land sales, increase in child labour

7 August 2019
The Phnom Penh Post
Child labor / Land / Micro-finance / National Bank of Cambodia
LICADHO / Microfinance Deposit-taking Institutions (MDIs) / Sahmakum Teang Tnaut / Supreme National Economic Council

A report from local human rights NGOs Licadho and Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT) claimed that the increasing levels of debt caused by taking loans from microfinance institutions (MFIs) is forcing rural families to sell off land. The study also claimed that the sharp rise in debt had led to migration and human rights abuses such as child labour exploitation. …

 Thou Vireak
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/report-mfi-loans-force-land-sales-increase-child-labour

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