Poverty capital : microfinance and the making of development / / Ananya Roy

• Autore: Roy Ananya
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 332; 362.5
• Soggetto topico: Microfinance; Poverty
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Small Worlds: The Democratization of Capital and Development; CHAPTER 2: Global Order: Circuits of Capital and Truth; CHAPTER 3: Dissent at the Margins: Development and the Bangladesh Paradox; CHAPTER 4: The Pollution of Free Money: Debt, Discipline, and Dependence in the Middle East; CHAPTER 5: Subprime Markets: Making Poverty Capital; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the powerless; instead it studies those who manage poverty. It sheds light on how powerful institutions control ""capital,"" or circuits of profit and investment, as well as ""truth,"" or authoritative knowledge about poverty. Such dominant practices are challenged by alternative paradigms of development, and the book details these as well. Using the case of microfinance, the book participates in a set of fierce debates about development -- from the role of markets to the secrets of successful pro-poor institutions. Based on many
• Titolo autorizzato: Poverty capital
• ISBN: 1-136-99249-9; 1-136-99250-2; 1-282-56981-3; 9786612569814; 0-203-85471-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821610403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II