Debt Threats: A Quantitative Study of Microloan Borrowers in Cambodia's Kampong Speu Province

TitleDebt Threats: A Quantitative Study of Microloan Borrowers in Cambodia's Kampong Speu Province
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Year of Publication2023
AuthorsCambodian_League_for_the_Promotion_and_Defense_of_Human_Rights(LICADHO), Equitable_Cambodia(EC)
Pagination1-26
Place PublishedPhnom Penh
Key themesDispossession-grabbing, Formalisation-titling
Abstract

Debt Threats is the fifth report produced by local Cambodian human rights NGOs since 2019 that focuses on harms associated with microfinance debt in the country. It is also the first to use a quantitative methodology to examine the scope of these harms.The research shows that widespread over-indebtedness has led to significant numbers of serious human rights abuses – including hunger, child labour, and coerced land sales – across Kampong Speu province. Borrowers are making unacceptable sacrifices to repay loans that are overwhelmingly collateralised with land titles, and that often far exceed borrowers’ incomes and ability to repay.
URLhttps://www.licadho-cambodia.org/reports/files/242Debt_Threats_MFI_Report_2023_EN.pdf
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Countries

Cambodia
Document Type

Report