Social Capital, Microfinance, and the Politics of Development

By Katherine Rankin. 2002

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science

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Is fin-tech the new panacea for poverty alleviation and local development? Contesting Suri and Jack’s M-Pesa findings published in Science (2019, unknown): “…groups – serve to undermine local social and familial groups through the introduction of formal debt relations, as well as to reinforce unequal and exploitative power relations at the local level (see for instance, Bee 2011; Guérin, Kumar, and Agier 2013; Loubere 2018; Maclean 2010; Rankin 2002).”
Unpacking social capital in Economic Development: How social relations matter (2007, background): “7 See for example research on social capital and gender inequality for female entrepreneurs in credit through group-lending: Linda Mayoux (2001), Katherine Rankin (2002), and Maxine Molyneux (2002).”
Juggling with Debt, Social Ties, and Values (2014, background): “For a detailed description of official rhetoric, see Garikipati (2008), Pattenden (2010), and Rao (2008).”
Women and Money: Lessons from Senegal (2006, background): “Second, underestimating the inequalities and hierarchies among women themselves overlooks the potentially coercive effects of devolving the functions of assessing risk and monitoring repayment onto local populations (Rankin, 2002).”
The Handbook of Microfinance (2011, background): “Group lending might be an opportunity for the betteroff to acquire or monopolize the resources of the group, which includes financial services but also the strategic contacts with which they are associated (Coleman, 2006; Guerin, 2003; Mayoux, 2001; Molyneux, 2002; Rankin, 2002; Wright, 2006).”
Focus on Women in Microfinance Institutions (2013, background): “Other authors put forward the opposite argument, arguing that women’s discipline and docility ensure high repayment rates and that serving women therefore enhances the efficiency and profitability of MFIs (Armendariz and Morduch, 2005; Mayoux, 2011; Molyneux, 2002; Rankin, 2002; Fernando, 2006).”
Community Driven Development, Collective Action and Elite Capture in Indonesia (2007, background): “However, the conceptualization as well as the ultimate contribution of social capital to development remains a contentious issue in social science (Bourdieu, 1986; Coleman, 1988; Fine, 2001; Loury, 1977; Portes, 1998) and in public policy (Harriss, 2001; Lin, 2001; Mayer, 2003; Mayer and Rankin, 200”