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Bob has a nose for a story, and
something about Prasad Kamenini doesn’t smell right. Sure, his company, SAAMAN
is hailed as the cure for poverty in India, thanks to his microlending program
and innate ability to help foreign investors part with hefty sums to aid the
poverty relief for some of the poorest of the poor, but Bob is convinced
there’s more than he’s telling. Maybe even more of the extra-legal variety, and
not particularly helpful to the poor, to the point of hurting the most
vulnerable. Armed with a global list of contacts and aided by his good friend
and Indian reporter Chandresh, Bob dives into the world of microfinance, and
what he finds is about as far from angelic as you can get.
Where Angels Prey tells an intricate tale of corruption, and one the Western world needs to hear. While there is nothing inherently wrong with microfinance, it is not always monitored and distributed properly, and can sometimes replace a broken system with an even more broken one. While a sometimes complicated story, it is worth it to delve deeper into the issues, particularly from a non-Western perspective. I know that it opened my eyes to issues and practices I was not aware of, and I appreciate that immensely. Overall the story was very compelling and the issue very real in the modern world.
Where Angels Prey tells an intricate tale of corruption, and one the Western world needs to hear. While there is nothing inherently wrong with microfinance, it is not always monitored and distributed properly, and can sometimes replace a broken system with an even more broken one. While a sometimes complicated story, it is worth it to delve deeper into the issues, particularly from a non-Western perspective. I know that it opened my eyes to issues and practices I was not aware of, and I appreciate that immensely. Overall the story was very compelling and the issue very real in the modern world.
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