# The Dark Side of Development Global South Regulatory Intelligence: microfinance, fintech. Page: Feed: --- ## [Gulliver’s Travels, Microfinance and the Invention of Tradition](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/gullivers-travels-microfinance-and) _2026-07-27 · David R. Whitehouse_ Rich countries achieved growth first, then came mass credit ## [Microfinance 2040: The Architecture of Global Control](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/microfinance-2040-the-architecture) _2026-07-20 · Mila Agius_ Invisible trust economy provides refuge for Global South ## [The Cold War origins of microfinance](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/the-cold-war-origins-of-microfinance) _2026-07-13 · David R. Whitehouse_ ‘This is a credit program, not a solution to poverty’ ## [IFC to end global microfinance consumer protection, source says](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/ifc-to-end-global-microfinance-consumer) _2026-07-03 · David R. Whitehouse_ Decision follows management ruling that policy not broken in Cambodia ## [Triodos Impact-Investing Mask Conceals a Profit Machine](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/triodos-impact-investing-mask-conceals) _2026-06-29 · Mila Agius_ Q&A with Triodos on Mexico interest rates, impact claims, Cambodia/IFC ## [The Dark Side of Remittances: Eritrea, Cambodia, Myanmar](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/the-dark-side-of-remittances-eritrea) _2026-06-22 · David R. Whitehouse_ Diaspora taxes and microfinance collateral ## [CGAP stuck in echo chamber on microcredit](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/cgaps-wishful-thinking-on-microcredit) _2026-06-15 · David R. Whitehouse_ External review lacking on latest two-year study ## [India central bank to curtail smartphone locking by digital lenders](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/india-central-bank-to-curtail-smartphone) _2026-06-11 · David R. Whitehouse_ Lenders to be allowed to disable devices they financed ## [Fraud and Corruption in Development](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/fraud-and-corruption-in-development) _2026-06-04_ By Duncan Smith, former senior investigator at the European Investment Bank, the World Bank and the UK's Serious Fraud Office ## [Open coordination for humans & AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Pue8fpy5vmgV) _2026-06-04 · **Sponsored**_ Shared schemas and CLI tooling to validate, route, and audit human-agent workflows. ## [Trauma Porn: How We Learned to Buy Someone Else's Hell](https://drdavidwhitehouse.substack.com/p/trauma-porn-how-we-learned-to-buy) _2026-05-27 · Mila Agius_ Chinese computer game mimics plight of forced cyberscammers