Saris on Scooters (eBook)

How Microcredit Is Changing Village India

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos (Autor)

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2010
352 Seiten
Dundurn (Verlag)
978-1-4597-2070-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos uses her talent for investigative reporting to take us into the poorest villages in India. Women who live there make astute use of microcredit to break the cycle of poverty. After witnessing these women's successes, it becomes evident that villages have strengths equal to those of modern cities in India.

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Renowned author and journalist Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos uses her talent for investigative reporting to take us deep into the poorest villages in India. Yet, far from being passive victims of their circumstances, the women who live there have joined forces and are making astute use of microcredit to break the cycle of poverty. Microcredit was made famous by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and consists of very small loans made primarily to women for the production of essential commodities or to start small businesses. Basing the book on a number of trips to India between 2001 and 2008, Arnopoulos shows her sense of solidarity and desire for authenticity by sharing the daily life of these villagers. The first-person account of her extensive travels focuses primarily on these women's inspiring success stories. After witnessing many such situations first-hand, she believes that these villages have a potential strength equal to that of the modern, high-tech cities in India. Short-listed for the 2010 National Business Book Award Renowned author and journalist Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos uses her talent for investigative reporting to take us deep into the poorest villages in India. Yet, far from being passive victims of their circumstances, the women who live there have joined forces and are making astute use of microcredit to break the cycle of poverty. Microcredit was made famous by Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and consists of very small loans made primarily to women for the production of essential commodities or to start small businesses. Basing the book on a number of trips to India between 2001 and 2008, Arnopoulos shows her sense of solidarity and desire for authenticity by sharing the daily life of these villagers. The first-person account of her extensive travels focuses primarily on these women’s inspiring success stories. After witnessing many such situations first-hand, she believes that these villages have a potential strength equal to that of the modern, high-tech cities in India.

Autor

Sheila McLeod Arnopoulos is the author of a novel and two other non-fiction books, has won the Governor General's Literary Award, and has earned several journalism prizes for exposes about marginalized women and minorities. A former journalism professor, she spent a total of twenty-one months in India meeting grassroots women using microcredit to launch businesses and achieve social change.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.4.2010
• Vorwort: Mary Ellen Iskenderian
• Verlagsort: Toronto
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: microcredit, microfinance, India, poor rural women, economic development, self-help groups, thrift and credit, poverty, female borrowers, social action, social justice, child labour, emerging economies, community development, village development, women's empowerment, Dalit women, untouchables • women's cooperatives, women's movement, informal education, village government, affirmative action, birth rate, organic agriculture, cooperative banking , prostitution, social entrepreneurs, village journalism, World Bank • Women's World Banking
• ISBN-10: 1-4597-2070-9 / 1459720709
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4597-2070-1 / 9781459720701