Market-led microcredit innovations dominated by profit maximisation can harm the very vulnerable.
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Redressing the balance can start from the bottom up.
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Director, Centre for India & Global Business, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Reader in Geography, University of Sussex
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Lecturer, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), Philosophy Department, University of Johannesburg
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Research Associate - Sustainable Energy, University of Waterloo
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Reader in IT Management, De Montfort University
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Doctoral Candidate specialising in the Digital Transformation of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (through the Sharing Economy) | Marketing Executive | Master of Business Administration (MBA) | Digital Marketing Expert, University of Johannesburg
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Executive Dean: College of Business & Economics, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Information Systems, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology
