What Do We Really Know About Microfinance’s Impact?

[TheMicrofinanceGateway]

David Roodman, Research Fellow at the Center for Global Development, has written a review of microfinance studies to date. He suggests that "our judgment of the impacts of microfinance should not stand or fall solely on whether studies prove that it systematically reduces poverty" and calls for "deeper reflection" on the impact of microfinance beyond statistics. What do you think?