Mikaela Krim

Credit or Constraint: Postcolonial Feminist Ethics of Empowerment in Microfinance

The microfinance industry has long been promoted as a “win-win” intervention in the Global South, producing both economic returns and social benefits. The industry disproportionately targets women as borrowers. In this paper, we argue that the ethical narrative of microfinance can fail to deliver—or actively obstruct...