@article{fdi:010068989,
  title = {{M}arket, freedom and the illusions of microcredit : patronage, caste, clas and patriarchy in rural {S}outh {I}ndia [plus online appendix]},
  author = {{G}u{\'e}rin, {I}sabelle and {K}umar, {S}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}s a market tool, microcredit is expected to promote individual freedom, for women in particular. {B}y drawing on a southern {I}ndian case, this paper argues that microcredit is in fact shaped by the power structures it is supposed to eradicate. {E}ven if they are partly reshaped, local structures of power remain unavoidable to protect populations (something that microcredit fails to do) but also to build the microcredit market and ensure its legitimacy, for donors, local political arenas and local populations. {F}ar beyond microcredit, our findings question the uneasy relationships between markets and individual freedoms.},
  keywords = {{INDE}},
  booktitle = {{M}icrofinance and gender : issues, challenges and the road ahead},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {D}evelopment {S}tudies},
  volume = {53},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {741--754 + 8 p. d'annexes n.p.},
  ISSN = {0022-0388},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1080/00220388.2016.1205735},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010068989},
}