Jude Fernando is Assistant Professor of International Development at Clark University, USA.

'This book is a useful addition to the growing literature on this subject. The book is recommended to all those who would like to get a glimpse of microcredit as it functions in different settings' - The Financial Regulator 'This book is simple to read and understand, even though it deals with the complexities of microfinance, as well as the impacts of the historical, political, economic and social spheres in which microfinance programs operate. It analyzes a variety of topics...and the case studies allow anyone – whether new to microfinance or quite knowledgeable on the subject – to learn something new. This book provides food for thought and cues for further research! I would recommend it to development students, researchers, program managers, and to those interested in developing a critical understanding of microfinance.' - Kim Neverson, African Review of Economics and Finance

• Table of Contents Contributors Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: Discourse of microcredit: framing and disciplining the subjects of development Jude L Fernando 2: The global political economy of microfinance and poverty reduction: locating local livelihoods in political analysis Heloise Weber 3: Disciplining the Developmental Subject: Neoliberal Power and Governance through Microcredit Morgan Brigg 4: Social Capital, Microfinance, and the Politics of Development Katharine N. Rankin 5: Rebuilding Social Capital in Post Conflict Regions. Women’s Village Banking in Ayacucho, Peru and in Highland Guatemala Denise Humphreys Babbington and Arelis Gómez 6: Banking on Culture: Microcredit as Incentives for Cultural Conservation in Mali Tara Deubel 7: The Darker Side to Microfinance: Evidence from Cajamarca, Peru Katie Wright 8: Banking on Bananas, Crediting Crafts: Financing Women's Work in the Philippine Cordillera B. Lynne Milgram 9: Microcredit and Empowerment of Women: Visibility Without Power Jude L. Fernando

Jude Fernando is Assistant Professor of International Development at Clark University, USA.

'This book is a useful addition to the growing literature on this subject. The book is recommended to all those who would like to get a glimpse of microcredit as it functions in different settings' - The Financial Regulator 'This book is simple to read and understand, even though it deals with the complexities of microfinance, as well as the impacts of the historical, political, economic and social spheres in which microfinance programs operate. It analyzes a variety of topics...and the case studies allow anyone – whether new to microfinance or quite knowledgeable on the subject – to learn something new. This book provides food for thought and cues for further research! I would recommend it to development students, researchers, program managers, and to those interested in developing a critical understanding of microfinance.' - Kim Neverson, African Review of Economics and Finance

• Table of Contents Contributors Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: Discourse of microcredit: framing and disciplining the subjects of development Jude L Fernando 2: The global political economy of microfinance and poverty reduction: locating local livelihoods in political analysis Heloise Weber 3: Disciplining the Developmental Subject: Neoliberal Power and Governance through Microcredit Morgan Brigg 4: Social Capital, Microfinance, and the Politics of Development Katharine N. Rankin 5: Rebuilding Social Capital in Post Conflict Regions. Women’s Village Banking in Ayacucho, Peru and in Highland Guatemala Denise Humphreys Babbington and Arelis Gómez 6: Banking on Culture: Microcredit as Incentives for Cultural Conservation in Mali Tara Deubel 7: The Darker Side to Microfinance: Evidence from Cajamarca, Peru Katie Wright 8: Banking on Bananas, Crediting Crafts: Financing Women's Work in the Philippine Cordillera B. Lynne Milgram 9: Microcredit and Empowerment of Women: Visibility Without Power Jude L. Fernando

Jude Fernando is Assistant Professor of International Development at Clark University, USA.

'This book is a useful addition to the growing literature on this subject. The book is recommended to all those who would like to get a glimpse of microcredit as it functions in different settings' - The Financial Regulator 'This book is simple to read and understand, even though it deals with the complexities of microfinance, as well as the impacts of the historical, political, economic and social spheres in which microfinance programs operate. It analyzes a variety of topics...and the case studies allow anyone – whether new to microfinance or quite knowledgeable on the subject – to learn something new. This book provides food for thought and cues for further research! I would recommend it to development students, researchers, program managers, and to those interested in developing a critical understanding of microfinance.' - Kim Neverson, African Review of Economics and Finance

• Table of Contents Contributors Acknowledgements 1: Introduction: Discourse of microcredit: framing and disciplining the subjects of development Jude L Fernando 2: The global political economy of microfinance and poverty reduction: locating local livelihoods in political analysis Heloise Weber 3: Disciplining the Developmental Subject: Neoliberal Power and Governance through Microcredit Morgan Brigg 4: Social Capital, Microfinance, and the Politics of Development Katharine N. Rankin 5: Rebuilding Social Capital in Post Conflict Regions. Women’s Village Banking in Ayacucho, Peru and in Highland Guatemala Denise Humphreys Babbington and Arelis Gómez 6: Banking on Culture: Microcredit as Incentives for Cultural Conservation in Mali Tara Deubel 7: The Darker Side to Microfinance: Evidence from Cajamarca, Peru Katie Wright 8: Banking on Bananas, Crediting Crafts: Financing Women's Work in the Philippine Cordillera B. Lynne Milgram 9: Microcredit and Empowerment of Women: Visibility Without Power Jude L. Fernando