Money-go-rounds : the importance of rotating savings and credit associations for women
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Money-go-rounds : the importance of rotating savings and credit associations for women
（Cross-cultural perspectives on women, v. 15）
BERG, 1995
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Importance of rotating savings and credit associations for women
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Contains information on South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon, Indonesia, Japan, and the Caribbean
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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'.
Table of Contents
- Women who make money go round - ROSCAs revisited, S. Ardener
- building new realities - African women and ROSCAs in urban South Africa, S. Burman and N. Lembete
- "women in groups can solve their problems together" - the Kiambu group - a successful women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley, Nairobi (1971 to 1990), N. Nelson
- a note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian women in Addis Ababa and among Eritrean women in Oxford, M. Almedom
- mobilizing cash for business - women in rotating "susu" clubs in Ghana, E. Bortei-Doku and E. Aryeetey
- women's access to and the control of credit through ROSCAs in Cameroon - the Mamfe case, M. Niger-Thomas
- looking at financial landscapes - a contextual analysis of ROSCAs in Cameroon, M. Rowlands
- gender differences in ROSCAs in Indonesia, O. Hospees
- economic "kou" (ROSCAs) in Japan - a review, K. Miyanaga
- women's ROSCAs - their relevance in contemporary Indian society, R.M. Sethi
- gender inequality, ROSCAs and sectoral employment strategies in the South Indian silk industry, S. Anand
- a note on ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford, S. Srinivasan
- a note on ROSCAs among northern Somali women in the UK, H. Summerfield
- participation in ROSCAs within Korean business households in Los Angeles, I. Light and Z. Deng
- gold coins and coffee parties the Turkish way in Northern Cyprus - ROSCAs coping with inflation, J. Khatih-Chahidi
- women's use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean - a review, J. Besson
- an early comparative study of rotating credit associations, S. Ardener.
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