{"id":3900,"date":"2014-01-19T00:12:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T08:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2014-04-21T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T16:31:00","slug":"erin-beck-impacts-of-education-in-guatemalan-womens-microcredit-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/erin-beck-impacts-of-education-in-guatemalan-womens-microcredit-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Erin Beck: Development or Debt? 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Today microcredit accounts for 45 percent of all lending in Latin America, reaching 18 million people, the vast majority of them poor women. And yet, there is surprisingly little systematic information about microcredit\u2019s long-term economic and social effects. Instead, most microfinance institutions (MFIs) look at their repayment rates to evaluate their success and often lack the resources or will to keep track of their beneficiaries after they have left the organization, inhibiting their ability to determine their long-term effects. 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