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S5 Ep18: The limits of microfinance

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Micro Finance and Diversification

The effects of micro finance are going to be contact specific. We could think that improving intro structure roads electricity could have large effects. Something else like climate change might effect how important this shift into self employment is. So t to answer it more directly, we're going to need other tools, right? Micro finance does not seem to be a silver bullet. There's interesting work being done by some of my co authors on this paper which provides skills training. And happen on a much larger scale than what micro finance in its current orm can provide.

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