The prevalence of mental health disorders and suicide amongst agricultural producers is a
global problem. Community leaders, researchers, policymakers, and clinicians have …

The Covid-19 disease is quickly developing into a deep, global and enduring politico-
economic crisis that involves a rapid disarticulation of the production, processing …

This book provides the first systematic critique of the concept of climate change adaptation
within the field of international development. Drawing on a reworked political ecology …

Agriculture is sensitive to drought and associated social, environmental and economic
impacts. Finance-based interventions aim to support farmers affected by drought; however …

The contemporary model of microfinance has its roots in a small local experiment in
Bangladesh in the early 1970s undertaken by Dr Muhammad Yunus, the US-educated …

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics
and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …

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 …

This article traces the emergence of a politico-economic project of “transnational business
feminism”(TBF) over the past decade. This project–which is being developed by a coalition …

This article examines the rise of financialization in the agrifood sector and maps out both the
way it has unfolded as well as its implications. The article argues that financialization has …

In October 2010, the state government of Andhra Pradesh, India, issued an emergency
ordinance, bringing microfinance activities in the state to a complete halt and causing a …