Money-Go-Rounds: The Importance of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations for Women - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1859731708 ISBN 13 : 9781859731703

Editeur : Berg Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

On most continents - from the USA to Africa and Asia - various forms of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) serve men and women of the community, often as their major -- and sometimes their only -- savings institution. ROSCAs are self-help money-pooling associations with participants who agree to make regular contributions to a fund which is given, in whole or in part, to each contributor in rotation. Many ROSCAs have elaborate systems to cope with inflation, default and the distribution of benefits. In providing important social and welfare resources they constitute valuable social capital.This unique volume of case studies by an international group of experts, which examines ROSCAs on a worldwide basis, will be of interest to anyone studying or concerned with anthropology, economics, women's issues, and especially the welfare of the less developed countries and immigrant communities in 'the West'.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mrs. Shirley Ardener is at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Berg Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1859731708
• ISBN 13: 9781859731703
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 342
• Éditeur: Ardener Shirley, Burman Sandra
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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