Microfinance for Poor Development Economics Paper

In 2016 the World Bank and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) estimated that nearly

3 billion people and 200 million small and microenterprises (SMEs) had little or no access to formal

financial services. Microfinance was established by the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh to help reach

the rural poor through the provision of financial services in the form of microloans in order to increase

their quality of life and ensure economic survival.

Critically evaluate whether microcredit has indeed been successful in increasing the quality of life of

the most marginalized as claimed by general populace. Your evaluation must include sources of – 2 –

demand for credit, providers of rural credit, the characteristics of rural credit markets and alternative

credit policies. A large literature claims that these initiatives have been a success. Conclude your

evaluation by assessing the limitations of this literature.

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