Are Moneylenders Getting Too Much Credit for Farmer Suicides?
4/28/09
Through the blog of the Microcredit Summit Campaign Secretariat, I learned of a spate of articles about Indian farmers committing suicide. Some observers were quick to blame the moneylenders from whom the farmers borrowed to buy water pumps, seeds, and pesticides. Crops failed or grew feebly, and now the farmers cannot repay:
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