One of the best critiques of the western developmentaid model and washington consensus that ive read. Microfinance and the making of development won the 2011 paul davidoff award from the association of collegiate schools of planning, given for books that promote participatory planning and positive. This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the powerless. This is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and. Microfinance and the making of development kindle edition by roy, ananya. Pdf ananya roy, a 2010 poverty capital microfinance and.
At berkeley, roy is the recipient of the distinguished teaching. Patriarchy power and gender in the 21c ananya roy tedxmarin. Using the case of microfinance, the book participates in a set of fierce debates. Encountering poverty challenges mainstream frameworks of global poverty by going beyond the claims that poverty is a problem that can be solved through economic resources or technological interventions. Ananya roy, a 2010 poverty capital microfinance and the making of development.
Ananya is the recipient of several awards including the paul davidoff book award, which recognizes scholarship that advances social justice, for poverty capital. Roy draws on foucaults 1969 ideas about the rules of formation in. Ananya roy is professor of city and regional planning at the university of. Born in calcutta, india 1970, roy is professor and meyer and renee luskin chair in inequality and democracy at the ucla luskin school of public affairs. Pdf ananya roy, a 2010 poverty capital microfinance and the.
Microfinance and the making of development routledge, 2010, which received the paul davidoff book award from acsp. Chapter 1 ananya roy discussion summary in the first. Professor roy is the recipient of several awards including the paul davidoff award, which recognizes scholarship that advances social justice, for her 2010 book, poverty capital. Ananya roy is a scholar of international development and global urbanism.
In the first chapter of poverty capital, ananya roy introduces the basic premise, elements and struggles of microfinance. Microfinance and the making of development, brilliantly captures a growing global consensus about poverty, and a brave new world of ideas aiming to fulfill oft repeated declarations of making poverty history. Microfinance and the making of development, and the distinguished teaching award, the highest teaching recognition that the university of california, berkeley bestows on its faculty. Poverty capital this is a book about poverty but it does not study the poor and the. Ananya is the author of several books including poverty capital.
Microfinance and the making of development is the recipient of the 2011 paul davidoff book award. At berkeley, roy is the recipient of the distinguished teaching award and golden apple award for outstanding teaching, the highest teaching honors bestowed by the campus and its students. She is also the founding chair of a new undergraduate curriculum in global poverty and practice. Microfinance and the making of development by ananya roy. Microfinance and the making of development, brilliantly captures a growing global consensus. Ananya roy dealt with strands of her book poverty capital. She has been a professor of city and regional planning and distinguished chair in global poverty and practice at the university of california, berkeley. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading poverty capital. Microfinance and the making of development provides welcome insights into these subjects. The premise which drives the feasibility of microfinance is that the poor who receive microfinance loans will always pay. It is an admirable overview of contemporary microfinance in all its proliferating diversity and. This is the basis for the most important critique of microfinance. Genevieve negrongonzales, kweku opokuagyemang, clare talwalker. The idea that more than a few will turn tiny loans into a viable business is simply unrealistic.
Encountering poverty challenges mainstream frameworks of global poverty by going beyond the claims that poverty is a problem that can be solved through economic resources or. The effect of market knowledge, book keeping quality, manpower quality, product. Microfinance and the making of development routledge, 2010, as well as with indias pursuit of. Youll learn a lot about how microfinance is practiced in different parts of the world and how western institutions the world bank, specifically try to control the production of knowledge surrounding this. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ananya roy is professor of city and regional planning at the university of california, berkeley. Microfinance and the making of development, london.
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