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The Political Economy of Microfinance

Financializing Poverty
By:Philip Mader
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137364203
eText ISBN:9781137364210
Edition:0
Copyright:2015
Format:Reflowable

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According to the author, rather than alleviating poverty, microfinance financialises poverty. By indebting poor people in the Global South, it drives financial expansion and opens new lands of opportunity for the crisis-ridden global capital markets. This book raises fundamental concerns about this widely-celebrated tool for social development.