Why Doesn't Microfinance Work?

The Destructive Rise of Local Neoliberalism

AvMilford Bateman

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Since its emergence in the 1970s, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, movie stars, royalty, high-profile politicians and ‘troubleshooting’ economists. In this provocative and controversial analysis, Milford Bateman reveals that microfinance doesn’t actually work. In fact, the case for it has been largely built on hype, on egregious half-truths and – latterly – on the Wall Street-style greed of those promoting and working in microfinance. Using a multitude of case studies, from India to Cambodia, Bolivia to Uganda, Serbia to Mexico, Bateman demonstrates that microfi nance actually constitutes a major barrier to sustainable economic and social development, and thus also to sustainable poverty reduction. As developing and transition countries attempt to repair the devastation wrought by the global financial crisis, Why Doesn’t Microfinance Work? argues forcefully that the role of microfinance in development policy urgently needs to be reconsidered.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-06-10
Mått:129 x 198 x 15 mm
Vikt:349 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Zed Books
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781848133327

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Milford Bateman is a freelance consultant specialising in local economic development policy, particularly in relation to the Western Balkans. He has worked as a consultant for most of the major international development agencies and for several of the major international NGOs. He is also currently a Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Juraj Dobrila at Pula, Croatia.

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'It's a timely, much-needed, and must-read book for anyone interested in the problems of development assistance.' David Ellerman, author of Helping People Help Themselves 'Microfinance has suffered too long from unthinking enthusiasm, but some negative views are beginning to make themselves heard. Bateman is the first, however, to examine microfinance critically and coherently as a whole, and to take a sceptical long term view of its social and economic effects.' Malcolm Harper, Cranfield School of Management 'DO NOT READ THIS BOOK - if you wish to retain the myths attached to microfinance rather than enjoy and appreciate the best available scholarly, reasoned and readable critique.' Ben Fine, SOAS

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction2.The rise of microfinance3. Microfinance myths and realities4. Microfinance as poverty trap5. Commercialization: The death of microfinance6. The politics of microfinance7. Alternatives to conventional microfinance8. Conclusion: the need for a new beginningEndnotesBibliographyIndex