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dc.contributor.authorGajjala, Venkataramana*
dc.contributor.authorGajjala, Radhika*
dc.contributor.authorBirzescu, Anca*
dc.contributor.authorAnarbaeva, Samara*
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-21T10:09:36Zen
dc.date.available2013-02-21T10:09:36Zen
dc.date.issued2011-08-01en
dc.identifier.issn0961-4524en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09614524.2011.583637en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/270021en
dc.descriptionMicrofinance practices were originally developed in offline contexts. Modern microfinance practices were based on development models for the financial and social empowerment of the poorest of poor in developing countries. Several of these practices drew from existing traditions of money lending within local communities that were reformed to be in sync with rural development and the empowerment of the underprivileged individual. In present ‘postmodern’ times, microfinance providers are using online tools in the hopes of broadening the reach and extending the advantages provided by such a model of micro-lending and micro-borrowing. In this article, we examine an online peer-to-peer lending and borrowing website, Kiva.org, which uses online social networking tools in microfinance. The study is thus a close look at the actual content of the website with a view to understanding the representational practices of online space through Internet mediated microfinance.en
dc.format.extent13en
dc.language.isoEnglishen
dc.publisherOxfam GBen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/microfinance-in-online-space-a-visual-analysis-of-kivaorg-270021
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.titleMicrofinance in online space: a visual analysis of kiva.orgen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9213en
dc.identifier.journalDevelopment in Practiceen
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use – can be shared outside Oxfamen
oxfam.subject.keywordMicrofinance
oxfam.subject.keywordTechnology
oxfam.subject.keywordICTs
oxfam.subject.keywordFinance
prism.number6en
prism.volume21en


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