A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards |
Autore | Bernards Nick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) |
Disciplina | 339.46 |
Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Financial services industry - Technological innovations Microfinance |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism1. A colonial problem -- 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism -- 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance -- Part II. Making markets for poverty finance -- 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation -- 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion -- Part III. Innovation to the rescue? -- 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance -- 7. Fintech and its limits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Altri titoli varianti | Critical History of Poverty Finance |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774615603321 |
Bernards Nick | ||
London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards |
Autore | Bernards Nick |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (188 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Development economics
Economic policy History, Modern - 21st century |
ISBN | 0-7453-4486-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism -- 1. A colonial problem -- 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism -- 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance -- Part II. Making markets for poverty finance -- 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation -- 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion -- Part III. Innovation to the rescue? -- 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance -- 7. Fintech and its limits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910586567603321 |
Bernards Nick | ||
London, England : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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