Unit 13 - A PATH TO HELPING THE POOR


1.      What is BlueOrchard Finance?

2.      What is Mr. de Lesseps´ position in it?

3.      What is his reason for making loans to people in developing countries?

4.      What is the profit of the fund lending money to microcredit lending institutions?

5.      Where do their profits come from?

6.      What sums do the poor borrow?

7.      Why is collateral not required?

8.      How can a lender get their money back if the loan is not repaid by the borrower?

9.      How many borrowers fail to pay?

10.  What is the market for such loans?

11.  How did Mr. Lesseps become involved in microfinancing?

12.  How does the team of Mr. Lesseps´ work?

13.  What example of micro financing does he give?

14.  What drives these people to repay the loans?

15.   How much do they charge local microcredit institutions, and how much do these charge their
borrowers?

16.  How does it compare to other forms of locally available credit?

17.  Is the potential for microfinancing in developing countries saturated?