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Bangladeshi garment workers protest to demand payment of wages, April 2020. Monirul Alam/EPA-EFE

July 21, 2020

Microfinance loans could spell disaster in the time of coronavirus

Vincent Guermond, Royal Holloway, University of London; Laurie Parsons, Royal Holloway, University of London; Nithya Joseph, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), and Nithya Natarajan, King's College London

When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus in 2006 for his concept of microfinance, it brought what began as a local policy experiment in the 1970s to global attention…

Money transfer offices in Amman, Jordan reopened in late March. Amel Pain/EPA

April 17, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic could hit the billions migrant workers send home in cash

Vincent Guermond, Royal Holloway, University of London and Kavita Datta, Queen Mary University of London

The way richer nations respond to the coronavirus crash will have significant economic ramifications for countries dependent on remittances.

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