India, before turning to the potential for a more inductive and plural account. A more plural history of microfinance …This paper is concerned with the recent history of microfinance, both for itself and as a case study of the evolution … applauded the successes of microfinance in expanding financial market opportunities; and a political economy critique that …

, financial inclusion, and microfinance, using Mauritania as a case study. We used a mixed-methods’ methodology that combines … Mauritania between men and women, but that access to credit is higher for public sector employees, educated people, and … microfinance is facing in Mauritania and provided recommendations to overcome these. As in most case studies, external validity was …

finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions … of financial inclusion in the context of developing countries. The paper then outlines several recent studies for India …