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Contributed papers presented earlier in a conference.
Women and Microfinance in the Global South is a grounded exploration of the intersections of neoliberal ideology and feminism.
This book addresses the intersections between gender and identity by critically examining female spaces. It has famously been argued that men and women are made in culture. As such, this volume explores how spaces—social, political, cultural, historical, and even cyber—affect the creative, personal, urban and global identities of women. The scholarly approaches of the contributors here probe into these spaces and analyze the problematic of gender identities as they are constructed, reconstructed or deconstructed through processes of appropriation, subversion and signification. The functional politics of patriarchy influences a range of networks that include social, cultural, political, a...
Provides unique reflections on the capability approach and its relevance to new human development policies and political liberalism.
How and under which conditions can microfinance promote solidarity, solidarity being defined in terms of capability to redistribute power and wealth and to reinvent new forms of democracy? Based on Indian cases studies, the paper gives evidence to the numerous challenges faced by microfinance organisations when they try to extend their role beyond the provision of financial services. Solidarity production is, of course, the result of deliberate choices and strategies elaborated by microfinance organisations, but solidarity is also highly dependant from socio-economic and socio-political contexts of intervention and the ways local people and clients use, manipulate and appropriate microfinance interventions.
The Credibility of Microcredit offers an objective assessment of microfinance worldwide by way of interdisciplinary research. It features works from leading researchers in the field of microfinance, as well as new names, employing a variety of methods and theoretical approaches.
This book provides a vivid picture of Micro Finance for women empowerment through bank linkage of women groups in Andhra Pradesh with special focus on East Godavari District. The book presents the observations made by the author on the outcomes of specific endeavors of District rural development agency (DRDA), East Godavari District for the economic, political and social empowerment of women and also the involvement of banking sector in the district to achieve the holistic objective of inclusive growth and alleviation of poverty.
Décrit l'essor de la microfinance depuis trois décennies, ses promesses mais aussi ses limites.
L'Asie, terre de traditions, est aussi un vaste laboratoire où les pratiques microfinancières, les institutions de microfinance... contribuent activement à lutter contre l'exclusion financière, à soutenir les plus pauvres, à encourager l'" empowerment " des plus démuni(e) s, et à favoriser par la création d'activités de production et d'échange la croissance économique des pays les moins riches. Ce livre évalue des politiques et des expériences menées en Inde, au Cambodge, au Laos, au Vietnam et en Chine. Il les interroge en privilégiant trois axes de réflexion : l'institutionnalisation de pratiques sociales, l'articulation avec les politiques publiques et la lutte contre les...