MFIs is another noteworthy difference. For example, loans from Accion in the U. But although U. In the U. Consequently, start-up costs in the U. But it would take a rapid increase in loan volume coupled with revenue-generating activities to be self-sustaining. Culture is another consideration. Grameen Bank in Bangladesh is among the many MFIs requiring that its customers who are generally women form local groups and jointly guarantee the loans made to others in that group.
Much social baggage, or social collateral, is attached to those loans. But Shabbir notes that peer lending models are not common in the U. Grameen America, however, has stuck with the peer lending model of its parent, as have several other MFIs. Another difference is that MFIs tend to have a lower profile in the U.
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