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A way to move on / produced by Ethnos Production.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Credit unions--Senegal--Dakar.
- Credit unions.
- Women in cooperative societies--Senegal--Dakar.
- Women in cooperative societies.
- Women--Senegal--Dakar--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Social conditions.
- Senegal--Dakar.
- Genre:
- Documentary.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.
- Language Note:
- French; English, subtitles in English.
- Summary:
- Senegal went through an economic crisis in the 1980s, and cut off from government support, many women emerged from their domestic roles to become breadwinners for their families. They formed collectives, called Roscas, which act like credit unions with an emotional component. Participants contribute a predetermined sum which gets redistributed to members who need short term loans to run their business.The women are able to raise their families standard of living by raising and selling food crops, or making handicrafts. They meet regularly, share problems and help one another out. It is a cooperative very much in keeping with the African sense of community. The Rosca movement may be a key out of poverty.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 747798685
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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