On most continents - from the USA to Africa and Asia - various forms of rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) serve men and women of the community, often as their major -- and sometimes their only -- savings institution.

Mrs Shirley Ardener Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women,University of Oxford Sandra Burman Senior Member of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research on Women, University of Oxford and Director of the Socio-legal Unit, University of Cape Town

Preface 1. Women Making Money Go Round: ROSCAs Revisited PART I: Africa 2. Building New Realities: African Women and ROSCAs in Urban South Africa 3. The Kiambu Group: A Successful Women's ROSCA in Mathare Valley, Nairobi (1971 to 1990) 4. A Note on ROSCAs among Ethiopian Women in Addis Ababa and Eritrean Women in Oxford 5. Mobilizing Cash for Business: Women in Rotating Susu Clubs in Ghana 6. Women's Access to and the Control of Credit in Cameroon: The Mamfe Case 7. Looking at Financial Landscapes: A Contextual Analysis of ROSCAs in Cameroon PART II: Asia 8. Women's Differential Use of ROSCAs in Indonesia 9. Economic Kou (ROSCAs) in Japan: A Review 10. Women's ROSCAs in Contemporary Indian Society 11. Gender Inequality, ROSCAs and Sectoral Employment Strategies: Questions from the South Indian Silk Industry PART III: Diasporas 12. ROSCAs among South Asians in Oxford 13. A Note on ROSCAs among Northern Somali Women in the United Kingdom 14. Gender Differences in ROSCA Participation within Korean Business Households in Los Angeles 15. Gold Coins and Coffee ROSCAs: Coping with Inflation the Turkish Way in Northern Cyprus 16. Women's Use of ROSCAs in the Caribbean: Reassessing the Literature