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Microfinance in Cambodia
Microfinance in Cambodia
1. Loan shark E a) to have the opposite result from the one you intended
2. Outfit b) to control something dangerous or powerful
3. Breakneck c) to take something back from a person who is buying it over a period of
time because they cannot continue to pay for it
4. Sustainable d) an increase in an amount of money over a period of time
5. To tame B e) a person who charges large amounts of interest for lending money to
someone, especially when their financial position means they cannot
borrow money from a bank
-Decline in the of use of loan sharks 32% ->>less tahan 6% | 2004-2017 borrowing from formal
sources (9->30%)
o Saved money lower interest rates charged by formal borrowers
o It gave possibilities to found a business have education, medical care
- 48% -- > 24% of below poverty level (23 cents a day) [2007 - 2014] (mainly due to quick economic
growth over that period)
- Improving farming methods and living standards of the poorest
2. What may restrain the industry’s growth?
- High household debts
o long repayment periods
- Word bank over 5 years average debt grow 10 times
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- June prime minister 25 000 000 a month to help 600 000 families
- 200 000 loans were rescheduled
- Critics (Hun Sen 45 year at the place, increasing repressiveness)
o Growth of deabt
o He said that those who are not willing to pay will have their lands confiscated