Poverty Capital: Microfinance and the Making of Development

by Ananya Roy

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Winner of the 2011 Paul Davidoff award

This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the powerless; instead it studies those who manage poverty. It sheds light on how powerful institutions control "capital," or circuits of profit and investment, as well as "truth," or authoritative knowledge about poverty. Such dominant practices are challenged by alternative paradigms of development, and the book details...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415876737

ISBN13:9780415876735

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Routledge

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.88 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Business Business & Finance Business & Investing Business Development Economics Education & Reference Finance Management & Leadership Microeconomics Politics & Social Sciences Poverty Social Science Social Sciences Sociology Systems & Planning

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