Microfinance, Debt and Over-indebtedness : Juggling with Money (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Isabelle Guerin, Solene Morvant-Roux and Magdalena Villarreal  2. Household Over-Indebtedness in Northern and Southern Countries: A macro-perspective Jean-Michel Servet and Hadrien Saiag  3. Indebted Mexicans in the Californian Mortgage Crisis Magdalena Villarreal  4. Debt, Over-Indebtedness and Wellbeing: An exploration Susan Johnson  5. Why Do the Poor Pay More for Their Credit? A French case study Helene Ducourant  6. Debt, Credit and Contractual Synchrony in a South-Indian Market Town Barbara Harriss-White  7. The Social Meaning of Over-Indebtedness and Creditworthiness in the Context of Poor Rural South Indian Households (Tamil Nadu) Isabelle Guerin, Marc Roesch, G. Venkatasubramanian and K. S. Santosh Kumar  8. Protection and Over-Indebtedness in Rural South India: The case of labour migrants of Andhra Pradesh Picherit David  9. International Migration and Over-Indebtedness in Rural Mexico Solene Morvant-Roux  10. Multiplying Debt and Dependence: Gender strategies and the social risks of financial inclusion in Western Mexico Francesco Zanotelli  11. Does Juggling Mean Struggling? Insights into the financial practices of rural households in Madagascar Betty Wampfler, Emmanuelle Bouquet and Eliane Ralison  12. The Social Costs of Microfinance and Over-Indebtedness for Women Lourdes Angulo Salazar  13. The Commercialization of Microcredits and Local Consumerism: Examples of over-indebtedness from indigenous Mexico Agata Hummel  14. Mortgaging Used Sari-Skirts, Spear-Heading Resistance: Narratives from the microfinance repayment standoff in a South Indian town, 2008-2010 Nithya Joseph  15. Conclusion Isabelle Guerin, Solene Morvant-Roux and Magdalena Villarreal