Privatising Poverty Series Part 11: Climate change gives the lie to market-based development
RON BEVACQUA | The tenth post in this blog series singled out microfinance, and financial inclusion in general, as the “money pump” that… Read More
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Privatising Poverty Series Part 10: Financial inclusion––the money pump of market-based development and poverty reduction
RON BEVACQUA | This blog series has traced the history of the idea that promoting entrepreneurship and innovation is the key to unlocking economic… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 9: The cult of the entrepreneur
RON BEVACQUA | The prioritisation of innovation, productivity, and growth over income and wealth distribution; technology as savior; government as partner rather than regulator of the private sector; market-based solutions to social and economic problems; and the overall emphasis on individual initiative over collective action––this economic vision did not come from the political right as is often assumed. Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 8: New Democrats
RON BEVACQUA | Left-leaning neo-liberals rose to power just as new ideas about economic development and poverty reduction emerged. Old-style New Deal democrats… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 7: The rise of left-leaning neo-liberalism
RON BEVACQUA | This blog began last year by marking the 50th anniversary of a new approach to economic development and poverty reduction. Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 6: Meet TINA (again)
RON BEVACQUA | As discussed in the fifth post in this series, right-leaning neo-liberalism is a political project dressed up as economic… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 5: A uniquely appropriate caricature
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Privatising Poverty Series Part 4: Right-leaning neo-liberalism’s obsession with property rights runs through slavery
RON BEVACQUA | The third post in this blog series discussed how right-leaning neo-liberalism, as opposed to classical liberalism, places property rights above… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 3: The anti-democratic aims of right-leaning neo-liberalism
RON BEVACQUA | The first post in this blog series noted that the ILO, USAID, and Word Bank began implementing programs that targeted… Read More
Privatising Poverty Series Part 2: Market-based development vs structural adjustment―same same, but different
RON BEVACQUA | Some comments on the first post in this blog series linked market-based development to the structural adjustment programs (SAPs) pursued… Read More
