An evaluation of Egyptian microfinance laws and regulations preventing overindebtedness of women

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ID21594124
AuthorsShymaa Bedaiwy (0000-0003-0092-9672, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA, corresponding author), Dimity Peter (0000-0001-7862-2799, School for Global Inclusion and Social Development University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA)
Year2022
Volume34
Issue7
Pages1318-1333
Publication date2022-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-1748 • E-ISSN: 1099-1328
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/jid.3633
OpenAlexW4213380392
LanguageEN
References cited33

This paper examines the strengths and challenges of the Egyptian microfinance laws and regulations that protect impoverished women from overindebtedness. The focus of the analysis is on the regulation of microfinance in the nonbanking sector, that is, microfinance primarily provided by non‐governmental organizations. Although a number of significant laws and regulations have been enacted that provide some protection from overindebtedness, it was found that these protections do not extend far enough, and some critical protections are absent. This leaves the most impoverished Egyptian women using microfinance, vulnerable to overindebtedness

Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Microfinance · Political science · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Law · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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