Research Catalog

Title

Politicized microfinance : money, power, and violence in the Black Americas / Caroline Shenaz Hossein.

Author

Hossein, Caroline Shenaz, 1971-

Publication

• Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Description

xxviii, 209 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"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. Politicized Microfinance insightfully discusses these negative developments while providing a path towards redemption. In this work, Caroline Shenaz Hossein explores the politics, histories and social prejudices that have shaped the legacy of microfinance in Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad. Writing from a feminist perspective and via individual interviews, focus groups, historical analysis, ethnographic methods and participant observation, Hossein offers multiple solutions that prioritize the needs of marginalized and historically oppressed people of African descent. A must read for scholars of political economy, diasporas studies, women's studies, as well as development practitioners, Hossein deftly argues for microfinance to return to its origins as a political tool, fighting for those living in the margins."--

Subjects

• Microfinance > Political aspects > Caribbean Area
• Blacks > Caribbean Area > Economic conditions
• Microfinance > Social aspects > Caribbean Area
• Caribbean Area > Economic conditions
• Blacks > Caribbean Area > Social conditions
• Caribbean Area > Social conditions
• Microfinance > Caribbean Area > History

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-197) and index.

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.

ISBN

• 9781442648203
• 1442648201
• 9781442616240
• 1442616245

LCCN

• 2016449579
• 99990333263
• 99969009570

OCLC

• ocn945106558
• 945106558
• SCSB-9426287

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries