Just in case you didn't believe me

The global credit crunch has led to a significant drop in fund flow to the microfinance sector. Banks, which are required to provide 32-40 percent of their loans to the priority sector (which includes rural credit), are the largest providers of funds to MFIs.

They lend to microfinanciers, who then on lend to the poor at a higher rate. But with banks’ lending rates rising more than 200 basis points over the last quarter, microfinanciers are finding it tough to get enough funds to sustain business.

This is an excerpt from an article on Microcapital.org.