Critical History of Poverty Finance

Acknowledgements

Acronyms

Introduction

Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism

1. A colonial problem

2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism

3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance

Part II. Making markets for poverty finance

4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation

5. From microcredit to financial inclusion

Part III. Innovation to the rescue?

6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance

7. Fintech and its limits

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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• Finanças
• Economia política
• Pobreza e desemprego
• Economia internacional
• Instituições internacionais
• Sistemas econômicos e estruturas
• Estudos sobre o desenvolvimento

Microfinance; Critical Development Studies; Development Studies; G20; IMF; World Bank; Poverty Alleviation; Africa; Fintech; Digital Technologies; Financial Technologies; Microinsurance; Fight against poverty