Microfinance challenges: empowerment or disempowerment of the poor? / Isabelle Guérin, Jane Palier

• Author: Abdurahman, Muktasam
• TeilnehmendeR: Banerjee, Sreejata; Bonnin, Christine; Chamala, Shankariah; Deshmukh-Ranadive, Joy; Devi, K.R. Lakshmy; Fouillet, Cyril; George, Suja Susan; Guérin, Isabelle; Indira, M.; Kalpana, K.; Kumar, Uday; Labh, Prabhat; Louis, Prakash; Mahmud, Parveen; Meenakshisundararajan, A.; Mohanakumar, S.; Noponen, Helzi; Oommen, Usha; Palier, Jane; Patole, Meenal; Prasanna, P.A. Lakshmi; Rabindranathan, Sunita; Rao, D. Vasudeva; Raste, Arun; Sayuti, Rosiady; Sinha, Frances; Suadnya, Wayan; Sundararajan, Meera; Sunil, R.; Swamidoss, S.J.S.; Thampi, Binitha V.; Thanuja, M.
• Anno di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: English
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (385 p.)

Microfinance is often presented, not only as an efficient tool to fight against poverty, but also as a means of promoting the empowerment of the most marginalized sections of the population, especially women. However, reality has shown that the causal relation between microfinance and empowerment is...