{
  "id": 1854005,
  "title": "Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/microfinance-was-supposed-to-save-asias-poor-why-has-it-failed-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T02:15:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/microfinance-was-supposed-to-save-asias-poor-why-has-it-failed-to-live-up-to-its-promise-289887"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For the poorest households in Asia, even small loans can lead to expensive debt traps.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}