Financializing poverty : labor and risk in Indian microfinance /

In India, a growing number of for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs) have emerged, promising social and economic empowerment while, in reality, they have mainly succeeded at enfolding the poor into the vast circuits of global finance. This book ethnographically examines how the emergence of MFI...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kar, Sohini (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2018]
Colección:South Asia in motion.
Temas:
Microfinance > India > Kolkata.
Microfinance > Social aspects > India > Kolkata.
Poverty > India > Kolkata.
Poor women > India > Kolkata.
Pauvreté > Inde > Kolkata.
Femmes pauvres > Inde > Kolkata.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Microfinance
Poor women
Poverty
India > Kolkata
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In India, a growing number of for-profit microfinance institutions (MFIs) have emerged, promising social and economic empowerment while, in reality, they have mainly succeeded at enfolding the poor into the vast circuits of global finance. This book ethnographically examines how the emergence of MFIs has allowed financial institutions in the city of Kolkata to capitalize on the poverty of its residents.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 259 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781503605893
1503605892

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