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    10. The Politics of Resistance: Informal banks in the Caribbean

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Hossein,Caroline (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2014-03
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Review of Black Political Economy
    Journal Title Details:
    41(1) : 85-100
    Notes:
    An empirical study of 398 business people in the slums of Jamaica and Guyana. Explains that poor women organize local banks as a form of contestation against the threat of violence, partisan and informal politics.&nbsp;Argues that the banker ladies reorganize money markets for themselves and others. By organizing inclusive financial programs the banker ladies also build social capital through managing locally-based economic resources.