Microfinance, Debt and Over-Indebtedness

Juggling with Money

Isabelle Guérin, Solène Morvant-Roux, Magdalena Villarreal

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Routledge
26 October 2018

Development economics; Finance

Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

"Although microcredit programmes have long been considered efficient development tools, many forms of debt-induced distress have emerged in their wake. This has brought to light the problem of over-indebtedness, a topic which has been previously underexplored in the literature.

This new book, from a group of leading scholars, explores the manifestations, scale, and economic and social implications of household over-indebtedness in areas conventionally considered as financially excluded. The book approaches debt not only as a financial transaction, but also as a form of social bond, and offers a socioeconomic analysis of over-indebtedness.

The volume puts forward a broad definition of over-indebtedness, highlighting its situational and semantic complexity and diversity. It provides a close analysis of local conceptions of debt and over-indebtedness, highlighting frameworks of calculation and the constant renegotiation of their boundaries. On top of this, it looks far beyond microcredit to examine all the financial practices that individuals juggle. The volume argues that over-indebtedness has more to do with social inequalities than financial illiteracy, and should therefore be understood in the light of global trends of financialization. It also reveals the ambiguity of ""financial inclusion"" policies, and in many respects questions the actions of new credit providers.

This book will be valuable reading for students, researchers and policy makers interested in microfinance and development issues."

Edited by: Isabelle Guérin, Solène Morvant-Roux, Magdalena Villarreal
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 494g
ISBN: 9780367110840
ISBN 10: 0367110849
Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Pages: 316
Publication Date: 26 October 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Isabelle Guérin is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Research Development/Paris I Sorbonne University (Research Unit ""Development and Societies""), Paris, and a research associate at the French Institute of Pondicherry and CERMi. Solène Morvant-Roux is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Economy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Associate Researcher to the Centre for European Research in Microfinance (CERMI). Magdalena Villarreal is Senior Researcher and Professor at the Centre for Advanced Research and Postgraduate Studies in Social Anthropology, Mexico."