Capital Shortage - Credit and Indian Economic Development, 19201960

A study of capital shortage and widespread poverty in colonial and postcolonial India. Connecting environmental, institutional and political economic theories to history, Maanik Nath offers new insights on why credit was scarce, and how this scarcity affected development patterns in the Global South.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Agriculture, commerce and governance in the Longue Durée; 3. Climate and credit; 4. Courts and credit; 5. Regulating moneylenders; 6. Regulating cooperatives; 7. Credit after 1960; 8. Conclusion; Epilogue: risk and regulation across colonial India.

About the author

Maanik Nath is Assistant Professor in Economic and Social History at Utrecht University.

Summary

A study of capital shortage and widespread poverty in colonial and postcolonial India. Connecting environmental, institutional and political economic theories to history, Maanik Nath offers new insights on why credit was scarce, and how this scarcity affected development patterns in the Global South.

Foreword

Bridging history and development, a study of credit scarcity, low investment and widespread poverty in colonial and postcolonial India.

Product details

• Authors: Maanik Nath, Maanik (Universiteit Utrecht Nath
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009359047
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0935904-7
• No. of pages: 247
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Economic History - Second Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Economic history, Finance and the finance industry