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A comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emerged. 'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne Soederberg Finance, mobile, and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty. But should we believe the hype? A Critical History of Poverty Finance demonstrates how newfangled 'digital financial incl…
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- Author: Bernards Nick Bernards
- Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
- ISBN-10: 0745344836
- ISBN-13: 9780745344836
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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A comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emerged.
'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne Soederberg Finance, mobile, and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty. But should we believe the hype? A Critical History of Poverty Finance demonstrates how newfangled 'digital financial inclusion' efforts suffer from the same essential flaws as earlier iterations of neoliberal 'financial inclusion.' Relying on artificially created markets that simply aren't there among the world's most disadvantaged economic actors, they also reinforce existing patterns of inequality and uneven development, many of which date back to the colonial era. Bernards offers an astute analysis of the current fintech fad, contextualized through a detailed colonial history of development finance, that ultimately reveals the neoliberal vision of poverty alleviation for the pipe dream it is.EXTRA 10 % discount with code: EXTRA
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- Author: Bernards Nick Bernards
- Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
- ISBN-10: 0745344836
- ISBN-13: 9780745344836
- Format: 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
A comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emerged.
'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne Soederberg Finance, mobile, and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty. But should we believe the hype? A Critical History of Poverty Finance demonstrates how newfangled 'digital financial inclusion' efforts suffer from the same essential flaws as earlier iterations of neoliberal 'financial inclusion.' Relying on artificially created markets that simply aren't there among the world's most disadvantaged economic actors, they also reinforce existing patterns of inequality and uneven development, many of which date back to the colonial era. Bernards offers an astute analysis of the current fintech fad, contextualized through a detailed colonial history of development finance, that ultimately reveals the neoliberal vision of poverty alleviation for the pipe dream it is.
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