{"product_id":"9781350461437","title":"Microfinance Institutions and Post-conflict Women's Empowerment in the Balkans A Qualitative Comparative Analysis","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMicrofinance Institutions and Post-conflict Women's Empowerment in the Balkans\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Qualitative Comparative Analysis\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003ePreya Bhattacharya\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Finance \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreya Bhattacharya offers the first full-length assessment of the impact of microfinance programs on post-conflict women's economic empowerment in the Balkans.\u003c\/b\u003e In so doing, she provides vital new insights into whether women's microfinance contributes to macroeconomic development in the former Yugoslavian countries of Macedonia, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo. At the same time, she develops a uniquely clear, concise approach to Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA), and text data analysis, which she uses to make sense of an exhaustive, raw set of available quantitative and qualitative data. This methodology not only offers a way of using both micro and macroeconomic data to revisit Amartya Sen's Theory of Development as Freedom, but also provides a framework for other researchers to assess the impacts of microfinance on women's economic development throughout the world, and particularly in the Global South.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor its original focus, its clear and streamlined methodological approach, and its global implications, this book provides a go-to source for researchers, students, and practitioners of international development, gender studies, and economics and finance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePreya Bhattacharya\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent researcher. Her research interests span international development, international political economy, international peace and security studies, comparative politics, and mixed and comparative research methods. She has published her research as a monograph (2024), and as articles in peer-reviewed journals (2026, 2023, and 2022).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 January 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350461437\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e208\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53258951983244,"sku":"9781350461437","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_70e25230-04c0-4c3b-8635-9cc9c0c843c6.jpg?v=1790894250","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350461437","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}