India’s outperformance this year arises to a large extent because of North Asia getting pulled down by the twin forces of developed market demand retrenchment, which we are still in the midst of it. India and some of the pockets of South Asia ‘under-outperformed’ rather over the past almost 16 months now.
Microfinance lending dips as uneven monsoon alters the landscape
India’s microfinance sector contracted in the first quarter after a previous rebound. Uneven monsoon progress weighed on rural demand and lender caution grew. The sector’s