Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more-as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has cautiously embraced these mediums as a potential solution to the issue of financial inclusion. How, if at all, do new forms of dematerialized money impact people's everyday financial lives? In what way do technologies interact with financial repertoires and other socio-cultural institutions? How do these technologies of financial inclusion shape the global politics and geographies of difference and inequality? These questions are at the heart of…mehr
Mobile money, e-commerce, cash cards, retail credit cards, and more-as new monetary technologies become increasingly available, the global South has cautiously embraced these mediums as a potential solution to the issue of financial inclusion. How, if at all, do new forms of dematerialized money impact people's everyday financial lives? In what way do technologies interact with financial repertoires and other socio-cultural institutions? How do these technologies of financial inclusion shape the global politics and geographies of difference and inequality? These questions are at the heart of Money at the Margins, a groundbreaking exploration of the uses and socio-cultural impact of new forms of money and financial services.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Ivan V. Small is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Central Connecticut State University. He is author of Currencies of Imagination: Channeling Money and Chasing Mobility in Vietnam (Cornell University Press, 2018). He has consulted for various think tanks, foundations and nonprofit organizations including the Smithsonian, India China Institute, Ford Foundation, and World Policy Institute.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Money and Finance at the Margins Smoki Musaraj and Ivan V. Small PART I: IN/EXCLUSION The Question of Inclusion Ananya Roy Chapter 1. A Living Fence: Financial Inclusion and Exclusion on the Haitian-Dominican Republic Border Erin B. Taylor and Heather A. Horst Chapter 2. Capital Mobilization among Somali Refugee Business Community in Nairobi, Kenya Kenneth Omeje and John Mwangi Githigaro Chapter 3. The Use of Mobile-Money Technology among Vulnerable Populations in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges for Poverty Reduction Ndunge Kiiti and Jane Wanza Mutinda PART II: VALUE AND WEALTH What do Value and Wealth Do? "Life" Goes On, Whatever "Life" Is. Jane I. Guyer Chapter 4. Dhikuti Economies: The Moral and Social Ecologies of Rotating Finance in the Kathmandu Valley Sepideh Azarshahri Bajracharya Chapter 5. Chiastic Currency Spheres: Postsocialist "Conversions" in Cuba's Dual Economy Mrinalini Tankha Chapter 6. Carola and Saraswathi: Juggling Wealth in India and in Mexico Magadalena Villarreal, Isabelle Guérin, and K. S. Santosh Kumar PART III: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RELATIONS Infrastructures of Digital Money Jenna Burrell Chapter 7. 'Financial Inclusion Means Your Money Isn't With You': Conflicts over Social Grants and Financial Services in South Africa Kevin P. Donovan Chapter 8. Social Networks of Mobile Money in Kenya Sibel Kusimba, Gabriel Kunyu, and Elizabeth Gross Chapter 9. Accounting in the Margin: Financial Ecologies in between Big and Small Data José Ossandón, Tomás Ariztía, Macarena Barros, and Camila Peralta PART IV: DESIGN AND PRACTICE Design and Practice Joshua E. Blumenstock Chapter 10. Understanding Social Relations and Payments among Rural Ethiopians Woldmariam F. Mesfin 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 Anatoly "Jing" Gusto and Emily Roque Chapter 12. Effects of Mobile Banking on the Savings Practices of Low Income Users: The Indian Experience Mani A. Nandhi Chapter 13. Betting on Chance in Colombia: Using Empirical Work on Game Networks to Develop Practical Design Guidelines Ana María Echeverry and Coppelia Herrán Cuartas Afterword Bill Maurer Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Money and Finance at the Margins Smoki Musaraj and Ivan V. Small PART I: IN/EXCLUSION The Question of Inclusion Ananya Roy Chapter 1. A Living Fence: Financial Inclusion and Exclusion on the Haitian-Dominican Republic Border Erin B. Taylor and Heather A. Horst Chapter 2. Capital Mobilization among Somali Refugee Business Community in Nairobi, Kenya Kenneth Omeje and John Mwangi Githigaro Chapter 3. The Use of Mobile-Money Technology among Vulnerable Populations in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges for Poverty Reduction Ndunge Kiiti and Jane Wanza Mutinda PART II: VALUE AND WEALTH What do Value and Wealth Do? "Life" Goes On, Whatever "Life" Is. Jane I. Guyer Chapter 4. Dhikuti Economies: The Moral and Social Ecologies of Rotating Finance in the Kathmandu Valley Sepideh Azarshahri Bajracharya Chapter 5. Chiastic Currency Spheres: Postsocialist "Conversions" in Cuba's Dual Economy Mrinalini Tankha Chapter 6. Carola and Saraswathi: Juggling Wealth in India and in Mexico Magadalena Villarreal, Isabelle Guérin, and K. S. Santosh Kumar PART III: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RELATIONS Infrastructures of Digital Money Jenna Burrell Chapter 7. 'Financial Inclusion Means Your Money Isn't With You': Conflicts over Social Grants and Financial Services in South Africa Kevin P. Donovan Chapter 8. Social Networks of Mobile Money in Kenya Sibel Kusimba, Gabriel Kunyu, and Elizabeth Gross Chapter 9. Accounting in the Margin: Financial Ecologies in between Big and Small Data José Ossandón, Tomás Ariztía, Macarena Barros, and Camila Peralta PART IV: DESIGN AND PRACTICE Design and Practice Joshua E. Blumenstock Chapter 10. Understanding Social Relations and Payments among Rural Ethiopians Woldmariam F. Mesfin 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 Anatoly "Jing" Gusto and Emily Roque Chapter 12. Effects of Mobile Banking on the Savings Practices of Low Income Users: The Indian Experience Mani A. Nandhi Chapter 13. Betting on Chance in Colombia: Using Empirical Work on Game Networks to Develop Practical Design Guidelines Ana María Echeverry and Coppelia Herrán Cuartas Afterword Bill Maurer Index
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