Women and Microfinance in the Global South: Empowerment and Disempowerment Outcomes

ISBN-13: 9781108418720 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 258 str.

Lynn Horton

Opis

Women and Microfinance in the Global South is a grounded exploration of the intersections of neoliberal ideology and feminism.

Recenzje

'Women and Microfinance in the Global South constitutes an invaluable aid to students, researchers, and practitioners alike, and it will be very interesting to watch what impact this book will have on development research, and the validity and importance which is accorded to qualitative academic work in policy circles.' Kate Maclean, Gender & Development

Spis treści

1. The microfinance revolution and market pathways to empowerment; 2. Gendering and transforming microfinance; 3. Exploring women's empowerment through meta-synthesis; 4. Putting microfinance into practice; 5. Means to an end? Microfinance NGOs target women; 6. Economic outcomes of microfinance; 7. Women's individual and household empowerment; 8. Inside microfinance groups; 9: Women's collective actions and resistance; 10. Synthesizing case findings; 11. Conclusion.