Microfinance for Migrant Workers: Asia's Next New Market Opportunity?

• Main Author: Low, Patsian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Microfinance; Singapore; Asia; migrant workers; foreign workers; Finance and Financial Management; Social Welfare
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/48; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lien_research/article/1066/viewcontent/Patsian_Low___Microfinance_for_Migrant_Workers.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Employment in developed countries is often the main source of income for many people at the bottom of the pyramid in developing countries and has led to the growth of an industry based on remittances. Patsian Low studies the ramifications this has for developing microfinance in host countries and th...