Southeast Asia
Frequently Asked Questions
About Oikocredit
- Do loans automatically guarantee sustainable development?
- How do you know the extent to which you are helping people?
- How does Oikocredit differ from other microfinance funders?
- Oikocredit began as a faith-based initiative. Does that influence your work?
- What are Oikocredit’s operational costs?
- What differentiates Oikocredit from other socially responsible investments?
- What does Oikocredit do when a project can't repay?
- What does Oikocredit mean?
- What is Oikocredit’s policy on child labour?
- What role does Oikocredit play in disaster relief efforts?
- Where does Oikocredit operate?
- Why do borrowers come to Oikocredit?
- Why give credit instead of charity? Why should the poor be required to pay back?
- Why have I only just heard of Oikocredit?
Interest rates
- Has Oikocredit ever refused to lend to an MFI because of unacceptable interest rates?
- How do microfinance institutions generally calculate their interest rates?
- How does Oikocredit determine the interest rates it charges its partners?
- How does Oikocredit select its project partners?
- How is Oikocredit contributing to transparency of the microfinance industry?
- What does Oikocredit do to ensure it does not support MFIs with unacceptably high interest rates?
- What is Oikocredit’s reaction to the media’s critique of microfinance?
- Why is the microfinance sector under scrutiny by the media now?
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