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Politicized microfinance : money, power, and violence in the Black Americas /
"When Grameen Bank was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, microfinance was lauded as an important contributor to the economic development of the Global South. However, political scandals, mission-drift, and excessive commercialization have tarnished this example of responsible development....
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| Format: | Printed Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
University of Toronto Press,
2016.
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : [2016] |
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Table of Contents:
- Microfinance and Black people
- Contextualizing microfinance in Jamaica, Guyana, and Haiti
- Cultural politics, bias, and microfinance
- Violence against borrowers and lenders in microfinance
- Alternative banking among the African diaspora
- Banking on indigenous systems.