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1 online resource |
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Asian Studies Association of Australia women in Asia series |
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ASAA women in Asia series.
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| Contents |
Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Introduction: development paradigms -- old and new; 1. Methodological choice; Encountering the field study areas; Research methods and the main sources of data; Ethical issues; An overview of the localities; Notes; 2. Microcredit and social capital: dynamics of conflict and cooperation; Social capital and microcredit programme: drawing the link; Group formation, mobilizing women and the myth of collective identity; Collateral mechanism and the market principle; Squabbling as a part of life |
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Case 1: Jarina and ParulCase 2: Alapi and her brother-in-law's family; The fabric of social trust; Civic networks and political engagement; Aroti and Fouzia: two politically active women; Notes; 3. Credit, dowry practices and social capital; Marriage practices; Dowry or marriage transactions; Dowry as social capital; Dowry disputes; Notes; 4. Intra-household decision making and conflict negotiation; Credit decisions, arrangements and income: who is the boss?; Unitary versus bargaining models of the household; Aysha: an enterprising woman; Credit and women's exposure to violence |
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My husband is a very bad man (kharap beta)I have much experience of fighting my husband; Does credit mitigate domestic violence?; Fertility practices; Having a big family as a norm; The cost of gender preference and child mortality; Attitudes towards contraception; Notes; 5. Gender relations and hidden regulatory practice; Tracing the shadows: why women cannot use credit; Credit for women as a covert regulatory practice; Notes; 6. Competition and the new reality of microcredit; The role of credit in competitive business; Mission drift and diffusion; NGOs have a preference for rich people |
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People might cast their evil eyes on our propertyNotes; 7. Market rationality, power relationships and resistance; Repayment interest rates; Disciplining the developmental subjects and instalment collecting bank; The weapons of the weak; The bloodsucker and the kabuliwala; Subversions of rules and transgressions; In every business there there is scope for deception; The bank is busy with its interest. Why aren't we?; Note; 8. Credit relations, vulnerability and empowering debt; Resources, vulnerability and insecurity; Credit relations and poverty alleviation; Narrative 1: debt begets debt |
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Narrative 2: credit to overcome unanticipated difficultiesNarrative 3: You cannot survive by another's oil; Discussion; Note; 9. Summary and conclusion; Review of the major findings; The way ahead; Appendix; References; Index |
| Summary |
Microcredit has been seen in recent decades as having great potential for aiding development in poor developing countries, with Bangladesh being one of the countries which has pioneered microcredit and implemented it most widely. This book, based on extensive original research, explores how microcredit works in practice, and assesses its effectiveness. It discusses how microcredit, usually channelled through women, is often passed to the men of the family, a practice disapproved of by some, but regarded as acceptable by borrowers who have a communal approach to debt, rather than viewing debt a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Microfinance -- Bangladesh
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Women -- Bangladesh -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions
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Women in development -- Bangladesh
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Rural women -- Bangladesh -- Economic conditions
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Rural poor -- Bangladesh
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Neoliberalism -- Bangladesh
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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Microfinance
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Neoliberalism
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Rural poor
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Rural women -- Economic conditions
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Women -- Economic conditions
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Women in development
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Women -- Social conditions
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Bangladesh
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317430865 |
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1317430867 |
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9781315691688 |
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131569168X |
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9781317430841 |
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1317430840 |
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9781317430858 |
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1317430859 |
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1138902713 |
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9781138902718 |
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9780815364283 |
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0815364288 |
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