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Bank credit remains scarce in Bangladesh's most climate-vulnerable areas
Original: Bank credit remains scarce in Bangladesh where climate risks are highest
Mongabay reports that communities in Bangladesh facing the highest climate risks — including flood- and cyclone-prone coastal districts — continue to have the least access to bank credit. Lenders reportedly avoid these areas because of perceived risks to borrowers' livelihoods and assets, leaving vulnerable households dependent on informal loans. The report highlights how climate vulnerability and financial exclusion reinforce each other in one of the world's most climate-exposed countries.
Why now: Growing attention to how climate change deepens financial inequality in vulnerable countries.
Evidence
- Bank credit remains scarce in Bangladesh where climate risks are highest · news - Mongabay
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