The realities of microfinance lending in small developing countries which lack strong financial regulators has been once again illustrated by new research on the role of South Korean banks in Cambodia ...

At 76, South African-born Jenni Lipa is taking it a bit easier these days, living in Koh Samui in Thailand and working a few hours a day instead of 18 hours. But she still runs a non-governmental ...

Human Rights Watch argues that Cambodian microfinance institutions, backed by investors such as IFC, are targeting Indigenous communities with predatory lending and debt collection practices. Cambodia ...

Cambodian girls as young as 14 are being trafficked to China for forced marriages, a trade fueled by the communist nation’s decades-long one-child policy — and poverty, high personal debt and a lack ...