Microfinanza nei paesi in via di sviluppo: un'opportunità di investimento socialmente responsabile

[Autom. eng. transl.] The economic recession, triggered by the crisis of the international banking and financial system, raises new questions on the way to "bank", in the presence of loans or securities loans to customers that have highlighted risk profiles not perceived before the crisis and not supported by adequate capitalization. Investments in microfinance institutions in developing countries, traditionally characterized by low returns, have shown little correlation with international markets, with a consequent limited risk profile. The strong demand for ethical finance, also in response to a general perception of a crisis of values, opens up new roads and poorly explored markets, in an increasingly globalized economy in which problems and opportunities are - for better or for worse - increasingly shared. . Microfinance, once properly developed, can make a lasting contribution and feeds itself - like renewable sources - on solving poverty, unlike donations that empty the pockets of benefactors to fill those of the needy only temporarily.