Credit between cultures
Subtitle: farmers, financiers, and misunderstanding in Africa
By: Parker Shipton.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780300116038
Subjects: Economic assistance -- Africa; Poverty -- Africa -- Prevention; Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Finance; Luo (Kenyan and Tanzanian people) -- Economic conditions; Economics -- Sociological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: a golden pendulum; title: Context for credit : a setting at the source of the Nile; title: Three faces of the loan : charity, usury; title: and fantasy; title: Plans and dreams : an integrated approach on paper; title: Lenders and lineages : nepotism as loyalty; title: Untying a package deal : borrowing green revolution technology; title: Debts and dodges : the moral and the hazard in repayment; title: In a white elephant's shadow : reversal and repetition; title: Wildfire : tobacco contract farming; title: Self-help and the underground : individual incentive and the group guarantee; title: Self-help with help : banking between charity and usury; title: Crossing back : rethinking credit between cultures.