Governing development: Neoliberalism, microcredit, and rational economic woman

Economy and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 18-37

  Rankin, Katharine N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Gender; Governmentality; Microcredit; Nepal; Rural finance

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; MICROFINANCE; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL FINANCE;

NEPAL;

EID: 0035198757     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085140020019070     Document Type: Article

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