Money at the Margins

Bill Maurer is Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Anthropology and Law, University of California, Irvine. He is the Director of the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion, and author of How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology is Changing the Future of Money (2015) among many other publications.Smoki Musaraj is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of Study of the Anthropology Honors Tutorial Program at Ohio University. She has published in various scholarly journals, including Cultural Anthropology, Ethnologie Francaise, Perpjekja, Anthropology of East Europe Review, and Polis.Ivan Small is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Central Connecticut State University. He has also worked and consulted for various think tanks, foundations and nonprofit organizations including the Smithsonian, India China Institute, Ford Foundation, and World Policy Institute.

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction: Money and Finance at the MarginsSmoki Musaraj and Ivan SmallPART I: IN/EX "CLUSION"The Question of InclusionAnanya RoyChapter 1. A Living Fence: Mobility and Financial Inclusion on the Haitian-Dominican BorderErin B. Taylor and Heather HorstChapter 2. Capital Mobilization among Somali Refugee Business Community in Nairobi, KenyaKenneth Omeje and John MwangiChapter 3. The Use of Mobile Money Technology among Vulnerable Populations in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges for Poverty ReductionNdunge Kiiti and Jane Wanza MutindaPART II: VALUE AND WEALTHWhat do Value and Wealth DO? "Life" goes on, whatever "life" is.Jane I. GuyerChapter 4. Dhikuti Economies: The Moral and Social Ecologies of Rotating Finance in the Kathmandu ValleySepideh BajracharyaChapter 5. Chiastic Currency Spheres: Postsocialist "Conversions" in Cuba's Dual EconomyMrinalini TankhaChapter 6. Carola and Saraswathi: Juggling wealth in India and in MexicoMagadalena Villarreal and Isabelle GuerinPART III: TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL RELATIONSInfrastructures of Digital MoneyJenna BurrellChapter 7. 'Financial Inclusion Means Your Money Isn't With You': Conflicts over Social Grants and Financial Services in South AfricaKevin DonovanChapter 8. Social Networks of Mobile Money in KenyaSibel Kusimba, Gabriel Kunyu and Elizabeth GrossChapter 9. Accounting in the Margin: Financial Ecologies in between Big and Small DataJose Ossandon, Tomas Ariztia, Macarena Barros and Camila Peralta,PART IV: DESIGN AND PRACTICEDesign and PracticeJosh BlumenstockChapter 10. Understanding Social Relations and Payments among Rural EthiopiansWoldmariam F. MesfinChapter 11. Delivering Cash Grants to Indigenous Peoples through Cash Cards versus Over-the-Counter Modalities: The Case of the 4Ps Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Palawan, PhilippinesAnatoly 'Jing' Gusto and Emily RoqueChapter 12. Effects of Mobile Banking on the Savings Practices of Low Income Users: The Indian ExperienceMani A. NandhiChapter 13. Betting on Chance in Colombia: Using empirical work on game networks to develop practical design guidelinesAna Maria Echeverry Villa and Coppelia Herran CuartasAfterwordBill MaurerBibliographyIndex

"This very important collection adds unique ethnographic case studies from a wide variety of geographic contexts to the growing literature on financial inclusion." * Anke Schwittay, University of Sussex