03667nam 22006615 450 991083825530332120230205051308.01-4426-1660-11-4426-1659-810.3138/9781442616592(CKB)3710000000769241(EBL)4624942(MiAaPQ)EBC4624942(DE-B1597)498518(DE-B1597)9781442616592(OCoLC)953834788(MdBmJHUP)musev2_106574(EXLCZ)99371000000076924120191221d2018 fg engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPoliticized Microfinance Money, Power, and Violence in the Black Americas /Caroline Shenaz HosseinToronto :University of Toronto Press,[2018]©20161 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4426-4820-1 1-4426-1624-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Microfinance and Black people -- Contextualizing microfinance in Jamaica, Guyana, and Haiti -- Cultural politics, bias, and microfinance -- Violence against borrowers and lenders in microfinance -- Alternative banking among the African diaspora -- Banking on indigenous systems."When Grameen Bank was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, microfinance was lauded as an important contributor to the economic development of the Global South. However, political scandals, mission-drift, and excessive commercialization have tarnished this example of responsible development. Politicized Microfinance insightfully discusses these negative developments while providing a path towards redemption. In this work, Caroline Shenaz Hossein explores the politics, histories and social prejudices that have shaped the legacy of microfinance in Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad. Writing from a feminist perspective and via individual interviews, focus groups, historical analysis, ethnographic methods and participant observation, Hossein offers multiple solutions that prioritize the needs of marginalized and historically oppressed people of African descent. A must read for scholars of political economy, diasporas studies, women's studies, as well as development practitioners, Hossein deftly argues for microfinance to return to its origins as a political tool, fighting for those living in the margins."--Provided by publisherMicrofinancePolitical aspectsCaribbean AreaMicrofinanceSocial aspectsCaribbean AreaMicrofinanceCaribbean AreaHistoryBlack peopleCaribbean AreaEconomic conditionsBlack peopleCaribbean AreaSocial conditionsCaribbean AreaEconomic conditionsCaribbean AreaSocial conditionsCaraïbes (Région)Conditions économiquesCaraïbes (Région)Conditions socialesHistory.Electronic books. MicrofinancePolitical aspectsMicrofinanceSocial aspectsMicrofinanceHistory.Black peopleEconomic conditions.Black peopleSocial conditions.332Hossein Caroline Shenazauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut.1731820DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910838255303321Politicized Microfinance4144941UNINA