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Building Financial Resilience

Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?

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Authors:
  1. Jerry Buckland

    1. International Development Studies, Menno Simons College, Canadian Mennonite University, & University of Winnipeg affiliate, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

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  • Examines a wide selection of credit and finance schemes affecting vulnerable people around the world, encompassing the global North and global South
  • Draws on a novel combination of a new theory of financialization with well-accepted theories of human development
  • Presents a pragmatic analysis and a balanced critique of finance and credit products drawing on recent literature and providing case studies of payday lending and mobile banking
  • Features a foreword by Elaine Kempson

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 1-10

  3. Financial Inclusion and Building Financial Resilience

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 11-46

  4. New Areas of Commercial Banking Directed at Vulnerable People: Payday Lending and Mobile Banking

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 47-108

  5. Financialization and Consumer Behavior

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 109-147

  6. Credit, Cash, Savings, and Financial Literacy Delivered Through Civil Society

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 149-188

  7. The State: Regulating, Nudging, and Educating for Financial Inclusion

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 189-227

  8. Conclusion

    • Jerry Buckland
    Pages 229-238

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 239-270
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About this book

This book examines how credit and finance schemes affect the financial lives of vulnerable people around the world. These schemes include payday lending, matched savings, and financial literacy in the Global North, and micro-credit and mobile banking in the Global South. Buckland sets these schemes within the context of financialization and seeks to identify strengths, weaknesses, and ways to enhance the well-being of vulnerable people. This book’s coverage of a wide range of financial products and geographic regions makes for a unique and innovative perspective on this topic. It presents a balanced critique of credit and finance schemes under the assumption that reform is the most practical means to improve human well-being.

Authors and Affiliations

  • International Development Studies, Menno Simons College, Canadian Mennonite University, & University of Winnipeg affiliate, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Jerry Buckland

About the author

Jerry Buckland is Professor of International Development Studies at Menno Simons College, Canadian Mennonite University, Canada. His research and teaching areas include financial inclusion and empowerment, research and evaluation methods, community-based development, and rural and Indigenous Peoples’ development.

 



Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Building Financial Resilience

  • Book Subtitle: Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?

  • Authors: Jerry Buckland

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72419-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72418-8Published: 28 February 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89180-4Published: 06 June 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72419-5Published: 19 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 270

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Public Finance, Banking, International Finance

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