Jerry Buckland

Building Financial Resilience

Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?

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This book examines how credit and finance schemes affect the financial lives of vulnerable people around the world. These schemes include payday lending, matched savings, and financial literacy in the Global North, and micro-credit and mobile banking in the Global South. Buckland sets these schemes within the context of financialization and seeks to identify strengths, weaknesses, and ways to enhance the well-being of vulnerable people. This book's coverage of a wide range of financial products and geographic regions makes for a unique and innovative perspective on this topic. It presents a balanced critique of credit and finance schemes unde… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-3-319-89180-4
EAN: 9783319891804
Produktnummer: 31770404
Verlag: Springer Nature EN
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 270 S.
Masse: H21.0 cm x B14.8 cm 389 g
Auflage: Nachdr.
Abbildungen: farb. Abb.
Gewicht: 389
Sonstiges: Research

Über den Autor

Jerry Buckland is Professor of International Development Studies at Menno Simons College, Canadian Mennonite University, Canada. His research and teaching areas include financial inclusion and empowerment, research and evaluation methods, community-based development, and rural and Indigenous Peoples' development.