Research Catalog

Title

Money-go-rounds : the importance of rotating savings and credit associations for women / edited by Shirley Ardener and Sandra Burman.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : BERG, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burman, Sandra.
• Ardener, Shirley.

Description

xiii, 326 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

This unique volume of case studies, by an international group of experts, examines ROSCAs on a worldwide basis. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with anthropology, economics, women's issues and the welfare of less developed countries.

Series Statement

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14

Uniform Title

Cross-cultural perspectives on women ; v. 14.

Alternative Title

Importance of rotating savings and credit associations for women

Subject

• Women in finance > Developing countries > Case studies
• Businesswomen > Developing countries > Case studies
• Revolving funds > Developing countries > Case studies
• Economic development projects > Developing countries > Case studies
• Rotating credit associations > Developing countries > Case studies
• Commercial credit > Developing countries > Case studies

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-288)and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Women making money go round / Shirley Ardener -- Building new realities / Sandra Burman and Nozipho Lembete -- The Kiambu Group / Nici Nelson -- A note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian women in Addis Ababa and Eritrean women in Oxford / Astier M. Almedom -- Mobilizing cash for business / Ellen Bortei-Doku and Ernest Aryeetey -- Women's access to and the control of credit in Cameroon / Margaret Niger-Thomas -- Looking at financial landscapes / Michael Rowlands -- Women's differential use of ROSCAs in Indonesia / Otto Hospes -- Economic Kou (ROSCAs) in Japan / Kuniko Miyanaga -- Women's ROSCAs in contemporary Indian society / Raj Mohini Sethi -- Gender inequality, ROSCAs and sectoral employment strategies / Linda Mayoux and Shri Anand.
• ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford / Shaila Srinivasan -- A note on ROSCAs among northern Somali women in the United Kingdom / Hazel Summerfield -- Gender differences in ROSCA participation within Korean business households in Los Angeles / Ivan Light and Zhong Deng -- Gold coins and coffee ROSCAs / Jane Khatib-Chahidi -- Women's use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean / Jean Besson.

ISBN

0854968326

OCLC

• 32680176
• SCSB-10492680

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library