Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : discourse of microcredit : framing and disciplining the subjects of development / Jude L. Fernando -- The global political economy of microfinance and poverty reduction : locating local "livelihoods" in political analysis / Heloise Weber -- Disciplining the developmental subject : neoliberal power and governance through microcredit / Morgan Brigg -- Social capital, microfinance, and the politics of development / Katharine N. Rankin -- Rebuilding social capital in post conflict regions : women's village banking in Ayacucho, Peru, and in Highland Guatemala / Denise Humphreys Babbington and Arelis Gómez -- Banking on culture : microcredit as incentives for cultural conservation in Mali / Tara Deubel -- The darker side to microfinance : evidence from Cajamarca, Peru / Katie Wright -- Banking on bananas, crediting crafts : financing women's work in the Philippine Cordillera / B. Lynne Milgram -- Microcredit and empowerment of women : visibility without power / Jude L. Fernando.

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