Wednesday’s WSJ ran a story titled, “Silicon Valley Moguls Support Microlenders, Just not in the US,” in which the profitability of social good ventures is highlighted as the central question. Because of higher costs and legally-required lower interest rates, US-based microlending programs can do a lot of good, but they can’t do it at a [...]
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