...Majia Nadesan FinTech is heralded by international development entities, NGOs, and investment firms alike as delivering financial inclusion and women’s empowerment. This paper examines these claims and situates FinTech within 20 years of microfinance and micro-enterprise programs aimed at poverty...

...W. Nathan Green; Maryann Bylander In recent years, international banks, investment agencies, and development institutions have created new markets for capital accumulation by rapidly expanding the commercial microfinance industry in the global South. In Cambodia, which has one of the largest...

...Erin Beck; Smitha Radhakrishnan The global expansion of the microfinance sector demands new conceptual work that recognizes microfinance's simultaneous imbrication in profit-oriented global finance and socially oriented development programs. Drawing from our respective areas of specialization...