Does Microcredit "Empower"? Reflections on the Grameen Bank Debate
Recent debates about the Grameen Bank's microlending practices depict participating female borrowers as having fundamentally empowering or disempowering experiences. I argue that this discursive framework may be too reductive: it can conceal how technique and technology simultaneously facilitat...
Veröffentlicht in: | Human Studies. - Springer, 1978. - 31(2008), 1, Seite 27-41 |
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Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
Sprache: | English |
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2008
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Human Studies |
Schlagworte: | Development ethics Empowerment Phenomenology Globalization Grameen Bank Mobile phones Economics Behavioral sciences Applied sciences Philosophy |
Zusammenfassung: | Recent debates about the Grameen Bank's microlending practices depict participating female borrowers as having fundamentally empowering or disempowering experiences. I argue that this discursive framework may be too reductive: it can conceal how technique and technology simultaneously facilitate relations of dependence and independence; and it can diminish our capacity to understand and assess innovative development initiatives. |
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ISSN: | 1572851X |