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Microfinance: Points of Promise. Rohini Pande. September 29, 2014. Paper. "A majority of the world’s impoverished lack adequate access to financial services.Typically, formal banks do not target the poor because lending without collateral is considered too risky. Poor households seeking credit are subsequently forced into informal markets where the prices are high, the quantities limited, and the methods of insuring repayment can be brutal..." Link