African indigenous financial institutions : the case of Congo and Liberia /
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Certainty Premiums and Cognitive Loads; Commitment Devices; Can Behavioural Economics Explain Conflict Economics?; Conflict Economics: An Overarching Summary; Peace Dividends and War Overhangs; Microfinance in Conflict; Chapter 3: Monrovia Transfigured; No Easy Lessons: Sovereignty Without Resources, Resources Without Sovereignty; Ellen's Plate; Under Pressure; Cooperatives: 1967-1972; Cooperatives: 40 Years Later; Businesses Built on Informal Finance; Rural Extremes
- Non-Cash Economies: Rotating Work Cooperatives and In-Kind SharingEveryday Coping Mechanisms: Higher Vulnerability to Food Insecurity; Private Choice Trends; A Post-War Economy, Based on a Culture of Survival; But What Will This Mean for the National Economy?; Chapter 4: Shadows Are Weaker; The Twin Cities; North Kivu; South Kivu; The Goma Crisis; Zooming In; Current Financial Landscapes; A Breakdown of Types; How Do the Chips Fall?; Impactful Institutions; Chapter 5: What's War Got to Do With This?; Coping at Best; Results from a Natural Experiment; Qualitative Evidence; Time Lags
- Chapter 6: Is Microfinance by Itself Transformative in Post-conflict Contexts?Adding in Conflict; Results; Impact on Consumption and Savings; Furthering the Evidence; Chapter 7: Social-Behavioural Changes; Pull Factors; Push Factors; Measuring Financial Service Participation; Measuring Exposure to Armed Combat; Wealthy Beni Residents; Less Wealthy Beni Residents; Chapter 8: Stress Limits and Sparse Networks; Diversifying the Location of Personal Savings; Lowered Priorities for Investment in Local Infrastructure; A Tendency to Diversify Businesses
- Participating in Informal Social Protection ActivitiesChapter 9: No Easy Answers; Theoretical Findings; Encourage the Integration of Mutualities and ROSCAs into Formal Networks Through Special Allowances and Reducing Obstacles; Provide Assistance in Quality Control for Smaller Cooperatives; Provide Assistance in Contract Compliance Measures; Encourage Investment Through Low-Interest Business Loans; Promote the Creation of a Provider Platform to Provide Mutual Assistance Within the Cooperative Sector; Provision Adequately for Hyperinflation and Area Yield Losses
- Increase Trainings on Numeracy and Financial LiteracyConclusion; Bibliography; Index