Mrs Shirley Ardener Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford Sandra Burman Senior Member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford and Director of the Socio-legal Unit, University of Cape Town

This is an eloquent and profound volume of essays that evinces both scholarship and discernment, which enhance our understanding of ROSCAs as well as the significance of women in financial decision making in the family. -- C. Michael Henry, Yale University The book was like a breath of fresh air because it is all about keeping the art and science of lending money very simple ... not only relevant reading for the general public and those who are involved in banking, but for high flyers who have lost or are losing money in the rarefied atmosphere of derivatives, it is definitely a reality check. Journal of African Economies ... this volume represents an important stage in the development and application of methodology and the production of usable material in this field of study. -- Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• Preface 1. Women Making Money Go Round: ROSCAs Revisited PART I: Africa 2. Building New Realities: African Women and ROSCAs in Urban South Africa 3. The Kiambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley, Nairobi (1971 to 1990) 4. A Note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian Women in Addis Ababa and Eritrean Women in Oxford 5. Mobilizing Cash for Business: Women in Rotating Susu Clubs in Ghana 6. Women's Access to and the Control of Credit in Cameroon: The Mamfe Case 7. Looking at Financial Landscapes: A Contextual Analysis of ROSCAs in Cameroon PART II: Asia 8. Women's Differential Use of ROSCAs in Indonesia 9. Economic Kou (ROSCAs) in Japan: A Review 10. Women's ROSCAs in Contemporary Indian Society 11. Gender Inequality, ROSCAs and Sectoral Employment Strategies: Questions from the South Indian Silk Industry PART III: Diasporas 12. ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford 13. A Note on ROSCAs among Northern Somali Women in the United Kingdom 14. Gender Differences in ROSCA Participation within Korean Business Households in Los Angeles 15. Gold Coins and Coffee ROSCAs: Coping with Inflation the Turkish Way in Northern Cyprus 16. Women's Use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean: Reassessing the Literature

Mrs Shirley Ardener Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford Sandra Burman Senior Member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford and Director of the Socio-legal Unit, University of Cape Town

This is an eloquent and profound volume of essays that evinces both scholarship and discernment, which enhance our understanding of ROSCAs as well as the significance of women in financial decision making in the family. -- C. Michael Henry, Yale University The book was like a breath of fresh air because it is all about keeping the art and science of lending money very simple ... not only relevant reading for the general public and those who are involved in banking, but for high flyers who have lost or are losing money in the rarefied atmosphere of derivatives, it is definitely a reality check. Journal of African Economies ... this volume represents an important stage in the development and application of methodology and the production of usable material in this field of study. -- Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• Preface 1. Women Making Money Go Round: ROSCAs Revisited PART I: Africa 2. Building New Realities: African Women and ROSCAs in Urban South Africa 3. The Kiambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley, Nairobi (1971 to 1990) 4. A Note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian Women in Addis Ababa and Eritrean Women in Oxford 5. Mobilizing Cash for Business: Women in Rotating Susu Clubs in Ghana 6. Women's Access to and the Control of Credit in Cameroon: The Mamfe Case 7. Looking at Financial Landscapes: A Contextual Analysis of ROSCAs in Cameroon PART II: Asia 8. Women's Differential Use of ROSCAs in Indonesia 9. Economic Kou (ROSCAs) in Japan: A Review 10. Women's ROSCAs in Contemporary Indian Society 11. Gender Inequality, ROSCAs and Sectoral Employment Strategies: Questions from the South Indian Silk Industry PART III: Diasporas 12. ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford 13. A Note on ROSCAs among Northern Somali Women in the United Kingdom 14. Gender Differences in ROSCA Participation within Korean Business Households in Los Angeles 15. Gold Coins and Coffee ROSCAs: Coping with Inflation the Turkish Way in Northern Cyprus 16. Women's Use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean: Reassessing the Literature

Mrs Shirley Ardener Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford Sandra Burman Senior Member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford and Director of the Socio-legal Unit, University of Cape Town

This is an eloquent and profound volume of essays that evinces both scholarship and discernment, which enhance our understanding of ROSCAs as well as the significance of women in financial decision making in the family. -- C. Michael Henry, Yale University The book was like a breath of fresh air because it is all about keeping the art and science of lending money very simple ... not only relevant reading for the general public and those who are involved in banking, but for high flyers who have lost or are losing money in the rarefied atmosphere of derivatives, it is definitely a reality check. Journal of African Economies ... this volume represents an important stage in the development and application of methodology and the production of usable material in this field of study. -- Professor Buddhadasa Hewavitharana University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

• Preface 1. Women Making Money Go Round: ROSCAs Revisited PART I: Africa 2. Building New Realities: African Women and ROSCAs in Urban South Africa 3. The Kiambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley, Nairobi (1971 to 1990) 4. A Note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian Women in Addis Ababa and Eritrean Women in Oxford 5. Mobilizing Cash for Business: Women in Rotating Susu Clubs in Ghana 6. Women's Access to and the Control of Credit in Cameroon: The Mamfe Case 7. Looking at Financial Landscapes: A Contextual Analysis of ROSCAs in Cameroon PART II: Asia 8. Women's Differential Use of ROSCAs in Indonesia 9. Economic Kou (ROSCAs) in Japan: A Review 10. Women's ROSCAs in Contemporary Indian Society 11. Gender Inequality, ROSCAs and Sectoral Employment Strategies: Questions from the South Indian Silk Industry PART III: Diasporas 12. ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford 13. A Note on ROSCAs among Northern Somali Women in the United Kingdom 14. Gender Differences in ROSCA Participation within Korean Business Households in Los Angeles 15. Gold Coins and Coffee ROSCAs: Coping with Inflation the Turkish Way in Northern Cyprus 16. Women's Use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean: Reassessing the Literature