Poverty capital : microfinance and the making of development

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Title:

Author:

Roy, Ananya.

ISBN:

9780415876735

9780415876728

9780203854716

Personal Author:

Roy, Ananya.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Physical Description:

xiv, 253 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Small worlds : the democratization of capital and development -- Global order : circuits of capital and truth -- Dissent at the margins : development and the bangladesh paradox -- The pollution of free money : debt, discipline, and dependence in the middle east -- Subprime markets : making poverty capital.

Subject Term:

Microfinance.

Poverty.

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Summary

Winner of the 2011 Paul Davidoff award!

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 years of research in Washington D.C., Bangladesh, and the Middle East, Poverty Capital also grows out of the author's undergraduate teaching to thousands of students on the subject of global poverty and inequality.