Eliminating poverty? ‘Financial inclusion’, access to land, and gender equality in international development

Manji, Ambreena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2536-4137 2010. Eliminating poverty? ‘Financial inclusion’, access to land, and gender equality in international development. Modern Law Review 73 (6) , pp. 985-1004. 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2010.00827.x

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Abstract

The UK White Paper on International Development published in 2009 explicitly links access to financial services with poverty reduction. In doing so, it echoes the policies the World Bank set out in its 2008 Policy Research Report on Finance. This paper offers a detailed analysis of these development policies and connects the current plans for the expansion of financial sectors in the developing world with policies that promote the acquisition of formal land title. The paper argues that as asset-backed lending expands, commercial banks will come to play an increasingly important role in third world economies. In light of this, it reviews important first-hand accounts of the difficulties of drafting legislation to protect women's access to land in the face of opposition from commercial lenders, using Tanzania and Uganda as illustrative examples. The paper assesses the implications of expanding access to credit for gender equality and concludes that it is difficult to reconcile the promotion of financial inclusion with the aim of international development to end poverty.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	United Kingdom White Paper on International Development 2009; World Bank Policy Research Report on Finance 2008; World Bank Policy Research Report on Land 2003; Land and Mortgage Laws in Eastern Africa; Law and Development; Poverty Reduction
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0026-7961
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 11:49
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/49436

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