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A way to move on / produced by Ethnos Production.
Connect to resource Available online
View online- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Global business and economics in video
- 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.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2001.
- Language Note:
- This edition in French and English with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- 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:
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- ISBN:
- 9781503407251
- OCLC:
- 780755265
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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