Feminist Economics Reviews “Community Economies in the Global South”
DISE Collective Members Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein and Dr. Christabell P. J.’s book Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies from Around the World, was recently reviewed by the Journal of Feminist Economics.
The full article in PDF form can he found HERE, and further information with article preview can be found on the Journal’s website HERE.
“The book makes a novel attempt to present a comprehensive analysis of wide-range of ROSCAs, through in-depth case studies, which are invaluable contributions to the scholarship on community economics.”
- Aashima Sinha, Feminist Economics. 2025
People everywhere engage in social and solidarity economics to help themselves, community, and society on their own terms. Through a specific form of mutual aid, we examine the people who conscientiously organize financial cooperatives known as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) to bring positive changes to their own lives as well as others. ROSCAs are an ancient practice which are well documented, especially among Global Majority people. This book spotlights people in Latin America, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Asia who organize and use ROSCAs, commoning and similar cooperative systems, which are made up of voluntary members who cooperatively make regular contributions to a fund that is given in whole or in part to each member in turn.
Hossein & Christabell P.J. (eds). Abstract of Community Economies in the Global South: Case Studies of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations and Economic Cooperation (Oxford, 2022) (Online).
Learn more about this book in this short video
