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Microfinance, rights and global justice /
Microfinance - the practice of providing small loans to promote entrepreneurial activity among those with few financial assets - is increasingly seen as a sustainable means of aiding the global poor. Perhaps its most influential advocate, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, has claimed that there is a hu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Microfinance - the practice of providing small loans to promote entrepreneurial activity among those with few financial assets - is increasingly seen as a sustainable means of aiding the global poor. Perhaps its most influential advocate, Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, has claimed that there is a human right to microfinance, given its potential for poverty alleviation. This book directs critical philosophical attention at this very widely used and praised poverty-reducing measure. In chapters that discuss microfinance schemes and models around the world, internationally renowned contributors address important questions about both the positive impact of microfinance and cases of exploitation and repayment pressure. Exploring how far microfinance can or should be situated within broader concerns about justice, this volume sheds light on ethical issues that have so far received little systematic attention, and it advances discussion on new human rights, exploitation, and global justice. |
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| Notas: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Aug 2015). |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (212 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316275634 1316275639 9781316398869 1316398862 1107110971 9781107110977 9781316398326 1316398323 1316400522 9781316400524 1316399982 9781316399989 1107527759 9781107527751 1316397246 9781316397244 1316399443 9781316399446 |