Community economies in the Global South : case studies of rotating savings credit associations and economic cooperation

Community economies in the Global South : case studies of rotating savings credit associations and economic cooperation / edited by Caroline Shenaz Hossein and P.J. Christabell.

People across the globe engage in social and solidarity economics to help themselves, their community, and society on their own terms. 'Community Economies in the Global South' examines how people who conscientiously organize rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) bring positive...

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Other Authors: Hossein, Caroline Shenaz, 1971- (Editor), Christabell, P. J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Rotating credit associations > Developing countries.
Rotating credit associations > Developing countries > Case studies.
Savings and loan associations > Developing countries.
Savings and loan associations > Developing countries > Case studies.
Women-owned business enterprises > Developing countries.
Women-owned business enterprises > Developing countries > Case studies.
Rotating credit associations
Savings and loan associations
Women-owned business enterprises
Developing countries
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
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Table of Contents:
  • An introduction: ROSCAs as living proof of diverse community economies
  • Learning about money cooperatives: the modern juntas in Peru
  • Caribbean women's use of Susu, Partner, Sol, and Boxhand as quiet resistance
  • Alajo Shomolu: money, credit, and banking the Nigerian ajo way
  • Mother, here is your stone: the story of Susu in Ghana
  • Stokvels: a South African innovation in economic justice for women
  • Community building and ubuntu: using Osusu in the Kangbeng-Kafoo women's group in the Gambia
  • A quiet resistance: Karen women entrepreneurs leading savings groups in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
  • Arisan: producing economies of care in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • Money pools (hụi/họ) in the Mekong Delta: an old way of doing finance in rural Vietnam
  • Keralite women's collective finance in South India: the Kudumbashree movement and indigenous finance
  • Conclusion: Indigeneity, politicized consciousness, and lived experience in community economies.

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