overindebtedness

A crisis of overindebtedness among some clients in Andhra Pradesh, India, political attacks on Mohammad Yunus of Grameen Bank, and academic studies that question the magnitude of microloan impact have all conspired to shake the global microfinance community at its roots.

Elisabeth Rhyne: Microfinance Leaders Strive to Walk the Walk Elisabeth Rhyne 2011

"There is a fundamental, structural reason that is linked to overindebtedness of several countries," said Christophe Donay , head of asset allocation and macroeconomic research at Banque Pictet & Cie.

Société Générale Shares Drop Noemie Bisserbe 2011

At the same time, hot spots of excessive growth with subsequent client overindebtedness began to appear in some microfinance markets.

Elisabeth Rhyne: Microfinance Leaders Strive to Walk the Walk Elisabeth Rhyne 2011

First, the current strong cyclical tailwinds, driven by the huge government stimulus and the inventory cycle, will confront significant structural headwinds related to overindebtedness, deleveraging, reregulation, and international trade tensions.

The Shape of Things to Come 2010

If you are going to prevent debt stress, or as it is known in microfinance circles, overindebtedness, you'd better have a clear definition of the phenomenon.

Elisabeth Rhyne: How much debt is too much? Microlenders want to know. Elisabeth Rhyne 2010

While acute debt stress can be serious, some temporary overindebtedness is a normal part of the ups and downs of life; it might not mean that a person has borrowed too much.

Elisabeth Rhyne: How much debt is too much? Microlenders want to know. Elisabeth Rhyne 2010

The definition of overindebtedness I favor, developed in dialogue with Richard Rosenberg of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor, who has explored the question in depth on the CGAP blog, revolves around the idea of sacrifice.

Elisabeth Rhyne: How much debt is too much? Microlenders want to know. Elisabeth Rhyne 2010

It was brought to an end by the bursting of the housing bubble, which exposed the overindebtedness of the household sector.

George Soros: A Plan for Economic Recovery 2009

They stressed the overindebtedness of the community, and the strains it's putting on family life.

A Global Surge in Tiny Loans 2009

It pays no heed to its consequences, and therein lies its problem - personal overindebtedness and rising bankruptcies; neglected health, education and other essential needs; ecological destruction; unhealthy and unsafe consumer products; militarism and foreign wars; and democratic decay in a corporate-empowered state.

Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" - Part II 2008