The Banker Ladies: Vanguards of Solidarity Economics and Community-Based Banks

by Caroline Shenaz Hossein

All over the world, Black and racialized women engage in the solidarity economy through what is known as mutual aid financing. Formally referred to as rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs), these institutions are purposefully informal to support the women's livelihoods and social needs and act to reject tiered forms of neoliberal development. The Banker Ladies - a term coined by women in the Black diaspora - are individuals that voluntarily...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487557035
• ISBN13: 9781487557034
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"