Microfinance: the new frontier?

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In recent years microfinance has steadily risen in significance. However, it is not on everyone's radar and questions remain about its sustainability, as Alison Swersky reports

  In April this year, the investment committee of one of the biggest US pension funds, the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS), presented a report on microfinance as a possibl...

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