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  • Why Doesn't Microfinance Work?

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    Since its emergence in the 1970s, microfinance has risen to become one of the most high-profile policies to address poverty in developing and transition countries. It is beloved of rock stars, movie stars, royalty, high-profile politicians and 'troubleshooting' economists.In this provocative and controversial analysis, Milford Bateman reveals that microfinance doesn't actually work. In fact, the ... Leer más

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  • Why Growth Matters

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    In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty?Bhagwati and Panagariya ... Leer más

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  • Anthropology and Development

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    Western aid is in decline. Non-traditional development actors from the developing countries and elsewhere are in the ascendant. A new set of global economic and political processes are shaping the twenty-first century.This book engages with nearly two decades of continuity and change in the development industry. In particular, it argues that while the world of international development has ... Leer más

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  • Geography of Power

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    de Richard Peet ...
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    In what ways did economic considerations affect the decision by Britain and France to make their Black African colonies independent? Why were early expectations that independence would lead to rapid and sustained economic development in Africa for the most part disappointed? This title, originally published in 1986, seeks to tackle these two important and strongly debated issues.The main aim and ... Leer más

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