Financial inclusion programmes seek to increase access to financial services such as credit,
savings, insurance and money transfers. Despite a wealth of systematic review evidence …

According to the author, rather than alleviating poverty, microfinance financialises poverty.
By indebting poor people in the Global South, it drives financial expansion and opens new …

Microfinance began as the disbursement of tiny loans to the poor, which they could use to
undertake informal income-generating activities. It went on to become one of the most …

Microfinance does not reduce poverty, but it does successfully construct economic relations
between owners of capital and borrowers of capital, allowing surpluses to accumulate …

Drawing on the recent experience of community water finance in Colombia, this paper
contributes to a diversification of the literature on the financialisation of water and the …

The application of microfinance to the provision, improvement or adaptation of housing—
'housing microfinance'—is an increasingly significant area of practice and research interest …

Multilateral development agencies have increasingly focused on underdeveloped Asian
countries as potential new sites for financial capital. Often referred to as 'emerging markets' …

The global practice of skin bleaching is predominantly understood as an internalized legacy
of colonialism and an embodiment of Western ideals of beauty. This book offers a new …

This paper examines and problematises ongoing changes in the relationship between
citizens, markets and states around access to key public services. We document the …

Many national water policies propagate community-based participatory approaches to
overcome weaknesses in supply-driven rural water provision, operation, and maintenance …