{"product_id":"a-critical-history-of-poverty-bernards-nick-bernards-9780745344829","title":"A Critical History of Poverty Finance: Colonial Roots and Neoliberal Failures","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive historical tracing of how the contemporary finance-poverty-development nexus emerged.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The definitive account of the history of poverty finance' - Susanne Soederberg \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Finance, mobile, and digital technologies - or 'fintech' - are being heralded in the world of development by the likes of the IMF and World Bank as a silver bullet in the fight against poverty. But should we believe the hype? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Critical History of Poverty Finance\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates how newfangled 'digital financial inclusion' efforts suffer from the same essential flaws as earlier iterations of neoliberal 'financial inclusion.' Relying on artificially created markets that simply aren't there among the world's most disadvantaged economic actors, they also reinforce existing patterns of inequality and uneven development, many of which date back to the colonial era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bernards offers an astute analysis of the current fintech fad, contextualized through a detailed colonial history of development finance, that ultimately reveals the neoliberal vision of poverty alleviation for the pipe dream it is.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernards Nick Bernards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0745344828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780745344829\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pluto Press (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.79d","brand":"Bernards Nick Bernards","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076224086271,"sku":"9780745344829","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73c2aa97-f8da-448a-ac57-ca02e8e659ca.jpg?v=1685463846","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-critical-history-of-poverty-bernards-nick-bernards-9780745344829","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}