In the bahamas the rotating credit relationships are called assu a word that is related to the ghanaian word susu (which decribes the same kind of relationship there).
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Sent: Mon Jun 09 16:34:26 2003
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Subject: Alternative forms of banking/credit
Greetings All:
Could someone out there supply the names of some of the other alternate
informal banking networks that working-class west Indians utilize as an alternative
to official banks. I'm most familiar with the Jamaican "partner" system, but
the names of the Trinidadian and Barbadian systems, for example, are escaping
me for the moment.
Joe C
University of Pennsylvania
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