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Microfinance Special

Financial Services for the 'Not-Bankable'

Microfinance links longterm development targets and economic thinking. Financial tools - such as small loans, affordable savings accounts and low-premium insurance policies - help poor households and small businesses that do not typically have access to financial services.

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Avoiding the Poverty Trap

It is difficult to earn money with microinsurance. Michael Anthony explains why a commercial insurer like Allianz still offers insurance to the poor.

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Is Microcredit a Debt Trap?

With the expansion of microfinance, criticism is mounting that loans for poor people without financial education can become a debt trap. How real is the threat?

The Micro-Credit Crunch?

Microfinance institutions have lent billions to poor people worldwide. The global credit crunch has made lending money more expensive. How has it affected the microfinance sector?

Microinsurance Profile India - Protecting the Poor

By mid-century, India will be the world’s most populated nation, but also home to more poor people than any other country. A crucial asset in the fight against poverty could be microinsurance that covers the poor against disease, accidents and natural disasters.

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How microinsurance helped survivors of cyclone Nisha in India

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Microinsurance Tested

How valuable is microinsurance in a real crisis? When cyclone Nisha devastated India’s southeast coast in 2008, Bajaj-Allianz microinsurance was put to the test.