Money at the margins : global perspectives on technology, financial inclusion & design / edited by Bill Maurer, Smoki Musaraj, and Ivan Small.
| Other author | Maurer, Bill, 1968- editor. |
| Other author | Musaraj, Smoki editor. |
| Other author | Small, Ivan Victor, 1972- editor. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | New York : Berghahn, [2018] |
| Description | 1 online resource (xi, 321 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | The human economy ; volume 6 Human economy ; v. 6. ^A1343962 |
| Contents | Money at the Margins; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Money and Finance at the Margins; Part I -- In/Exclusion: The Question of Inclusion; Chapter 1 -- A Living Fence: Financial Inclusion and Exclusion on the Haiti-Dominican Republic Border; Chapter 2 -- Capital Mobilization among the Somali Refugee Business Community in Nairobi, Kenya; Chapter 3 -- The Use of Mobile-Money Technology among Vulnerable Populations in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges for Poverty Reduction; Part II -- Value and Wealth: What do Value and Wealth Do? ""Life Goes On, Whatever ""Life"" Is. |
| Contents | Chapter 4 -- Dhukuti Economies: The Moral and Social Ecologies of Rotating Finance in the Kathmandu Valley; Chapter 5 -- Chiastic Currency Spheres: Postsocialist ""Conversions"" in Cuba's Dual Economy; Chapter 6 -- Carola and Saraswathi: Juggling Wealth in India and in Mexico; Part III -- Technology and Social Relations: Infrastructures of Digital Money; Chapter 7 -- ""Financial Inclusion Means Your Money Isn't with You"": Conflicts over Social Grants and Financial Services in South Africa; Chapter 8 -- Social Networks of Mobile Money in Kenya. |
| Contents | Chapter 9 -- Accounting in the Margin: Financial Ecologies in between Big and Small Data; Part IV -- Design and Practice; Chapter 10 -- Understanding Social Relations and Payments among Rural Ethiopians; Chapter 11 -- Delivering Cash Grants to Indigenous Peoples through Cash Cards versus Over-the-Counter Modalities: The Case of the 4Ps Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Palawan, Philippines; Chapter 12 -- Effects of Mobile Banking on the Savings Practices of Low-Income Users: The Indian Experience. |
| Contents | Chapter 13 -- Betting on Chance in Colombia: Using Empirical Evidence on Game Networks to Develop Practical Design Guidelines; Afterword -- Monetary Ingenuity: Drink It In; Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Money at the margins. New York : Berghahn Books, [2018] 9781785336539 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017054657 |
| ISBN | 9781785336546 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1785336541 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Stock number | 5348548 Proquest Ebook Central |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |