JOURNAL ARTICLE

Bridging the Global Wealth Gap.

  • Published In: Diplomatic History, 2023, v. 47, n. 1. P. 161 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Young, Alden 3 of 3

Abstract

In order to tell the story of why the 1970s and 1980s are pivotal moments in the history of development, Meyerowitz builds on essential works of earlier generations of historians of development. Women borrowed from one lender to simply pay off another and a massive literature would arise concluding that the financialization of poverty only made it more entrenched.[3] As Meyerowitz concludes, the boldest among the development reformers dreamed of structural changes to the global economy, but they ended up with microfinance. Joanne Meyerowitz begins her compelling account by asking how in the United States the lodestar of the development enterprise went from modernization, defined as the structural transformation of society, to preventing poverty. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Diplomatic History. 2023/01, Vol. 47, Issue 1, p161
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:0145-2096
  • DOI:10.1093/dh/dhac070
  • Accession Number:161341535
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