The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit: Development, debt and disillusion (Routledge Critical Development Studies)

Synopsis

In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and local economic development policies of all time. Microcredit, the system of disbursing tiny micro-loans to the poor to help them to establish their own income-generating activities, was initially highly praised and some were even led to believe that it would end poverty as we know it. But in recent years the microcredit model has been subject to growing scrutiny and often intense criticism. The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit shines a light on many of the fundamental problems surrounding microcredit, in particular, the short- and long-term impacts of dramatically rising levels of microdebt.　 Developed in collaboration with UNCTAD, this book covers the general policy implications of adverse microcredit impacts, as well as gathering together country-specific case studies from around the world to illustrate the real dynamics, incentives and end results. Lively and provocative, The Rise and Fall of Global Microcredit is an accessible guide for students, academics, policymakers and development professionals alike.

Copyright:

2018

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

290 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781351856881

Related ISBNs:

9781138714120, 9781138714083, 9781315228693, 9780415771283, 9780415771290

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

11/10/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Milford Bateman, Stephanie Blankenburg and Richard Kozul-Wright

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Milford Bateman

Edited by:

Stephanie Blankenburg

Edited by:

Richard Kozul-Wright