Famine and Finance
Credit and the Great Famine of Ireland
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History, Industries & Professions, Industries
| Author: | Tyler Beck Goodspeed | ISBN: | 9783319317656 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing | Publication: | January 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tyler Beck Goodspeed |
| ISBN: | 9783319317656 |
| Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
| Publication: | January 20, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
The book uses archival data to examine how access to micro-finance credit played a role in facilitating adjustment to blight during the Great Famine of Ireland.
The author argues that the worst affected districts with a microfinance fund experienced substantially smaller population declines and larger increases in buffer livestock during the famine than those districts without a fund. The potentially limited capacity of credit access to mitigate the effects of a major environmental shock on the poorest, most vulnerable borrowers is also a key topic of discussion.
The book uses archival data to examine how access to micro-finance credit played a role in facilitating adjustment to blight during the Great Famine of Ireland.
The author argues that the worst affected districts with a microfinance fund experienced substantially smaller population declines and larger increases in buffer livestock during the famine than those districts without a fund. The potentially limited capacity of credit access to mitigate the effects of a major environmental shock on the poorest, most vulnerable borrowers is also a key topic of discussion.
