Livelihood and Microfinance: Anthropological and Sociological Perspectives on Savings and Debt
This volume offers a unique perspective on microfinance, an issue traditionally dominated by economists and policymakers. Drawing on the rich traditions of anthropology and sociology, Livelihood and Microfinance explores how livelihood approaches could lead to a better understanding of saving and credit behavior, and how such an understanding could help the design of finance for development. Contributors also propose new methods for better incorporating citizens into the larger economic...
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This volume offers a unique perspective on microfinance, an issue traditionally dominated by economists and policymakers. Drawing on the rich traditions of anthropology and sociology, Livelihood and Microfinance explores how livelihood approaches could lead to a better understanding of saving and credit behavior, and how such an understanding could help the design of finance for development. Contributors also propose new methods for better incorporating citizens into the larger economic system. Anticipating the United Nations’s Year of Microfinance in 2005, Livelihood and Microfinance is a long-awaited contribution to the international debate on the best approaches to development.
Introduction3Microcredit and poverty reduction : trade-off between building institutions and reaching the poor27Surviving in the world of microdebt : a case from rural Bangladesh43Microfinance from below : exploring rural livelihoods in Tanzania57Utilizing, accumulating and protecting livelihood assets : the role of urban informal financial services in Kampala, Uganda67The culture of giving and its relationship to saving89Struggling to save up cash : seasonal migration and vulnerability in West Bengal, India105The political ecology of debt and class formation among Mexican colonias on the southwestern United States129Savings arrangements in eastern Burkina Faso : an evolutionary perspective on institutional innovation153Public versus private domains : a case study of a Sri Lankan ROSCA173The goose with the golden eggs : an unsuccessful linkage group in urban Indonesia195When coercion takes over : the limits of social capital in microfinance schemes215Secrets of institutional transformation : the low politics of financial self-help organizations in post-colonial Africa237The microfinance market : huge, diverse - and waiting for you263
