Time banking has been used in the UnitedStates since the 1980s to leverage social assistancefunding. Time banking engages a community in creating itsown reform and progress by establishing a system ofexchanging time and skills among community members. Time isexchanged on the basis of time credits, a currency ofexchange that measures each person's time contribution,rewards it, and thus encourages further contributions oftime. The result is that skills and assets within thecommunity are tapped, and economic activity is increased.There are numerous applications of this flexible tool thisalterative currency. It is being applied in the UK, Japan,and other parts of the world. This smart lesson looks at theapplication of time banking in a developing country,Senegal, and suggests its potential to leverage developmentassistance funds through incorporation into program design.