In this ¬first volume of the Understanding Myanmar’s Development series, the author Cin Khan En Do Pau (also known as John takes a deep and methodical look into micro¬finance in the community of Lamzaang village. Through careful analysis of the entire process of debt-taking and the provision of small scale loans, John penetrates to the heart of the issues and social context in which villagers decide to enter micro¬nance schemes and, in the end, how they utilize that capital—for better or for worse.