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Interest Cap Poses Body Blow for Cambodian Microfinance

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Just months ahead of local elections, the Cambodian government has ordered the microfinance industry to cap interest rates on new and refinanced loans at 18 percent a year starting April 1. Unless she refinances, that probably won’t matter to 32-year-old garment worker In Sokai, given that she took out her four-year loan just a few months ago. “I borrowed $5,000 and I bought chickens, built the house, and my husband bought a boat, fishing nets and other items,” she said of her loan,...

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