Tag: Microfinance

  • Insights from India’s 2010 Microfinance Crisis

    Insights from India’s 2010 Microfinance Crisis

    In October 2010, the government of Andhra Pradesh issued an emergency ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a nationwide shock to the liquidity of lenders, especially those with loans in the affected state. Using this massive dislocation in the microfinance market, this article identifies the “general equilibrium” impacts…