Inequality and the polarizing impact of microcredit: evidence from Zambia's copperbelt

By J. Copestake. 2002

148 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, Management Information Systems

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In Business and International Management

1. Isabelle Guérin
2. R. Palmer-jones
3. L. Hooper
4. Maren Duvendack
5. N. Rao
6. Y. Loke
7. J. Copestake

In Economics and Econometrics

1. Isabelle Guérin
2. Maren Duvendack
3. L. Hooper
4. N. Rao
5. Y. Loke
6. R. Palmer-jones
7. Ruth Stewart
8. Thea de Wet

In Management Information Systems

1. Isabelle Guérin
2. R. Palmer-jones
3. L. Hooper
4. Maren Duvendack
5. N. Rao
6. Y. Loke
7. Ruth Stewart
8. Thea de Wet

Citations in the corpus

• Microfinance: accountability from the grassroots (2006, background): “29 million in financial support for a five year period starting February 1998 (Copestake, 2002).”
• Systematic Review. What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? (2011, methodology): “This report should be cited as: Duvendack M, Palmer-Jones R, Copestake JG, Hooper L, Loke Y, Rao N (2011) What is the evidence of the impact of microfinance on the well-being of poor people? London: EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London.”
• The Impact of Microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence (2012, background): “, that microfinance does harm), such as the exploitation of women, increased or at best unchanged poverty levels, increased income inequality, increased workloads and child labor, the creation of dependencies and barriers to sustainable local economic and social development (e.g., Adams & Von Pischk”
• Women and Money: Lessons from Senegal (2006, background): “Microfinance services have also been suspected of reinforcing inequalities (Copestake, 2002), even among women (Guérin and Palier, 2005; Mayoux, 2001; Rankin, 2002).”