Time Banking™ Is More Than Money for Women in Senegal

Shah, Angana ; Samb, Pape

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: BASIC EDUCATION;    COMMUNITIES;    COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES;    COMMUNITY MEMBERS;    COMPUTER LITERACY;   

RP-ID  :  65280

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

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.