Abstract Community currencies have been put forward as a ... exclusion and the need for active communities, and are gaining policy support. LETS has been the most common form of community currency in the UK for the last 10

... society. While both seek to build community and counter the external costs of the

... rationale(s) that recipients have for participating in HOURS-based local currency loan and ... loans and grants to the social science community while demonstrating the applicability

... level all the way down to the community level.

... disposition are better informed, participate more often in the political life, are

... policy and practice, including community-based sustainable livelihood projects; ... outcomes of real benefit to local communities and countries; equity and democratic

A LETSystem is a local trading network supported by its own internal currency. It is self-regulating and allows its users to manage and issue their own 'money supply' within the boundaries of the network. The key points include: * co-operation: no-one owns

Our web site archives over 5000 documents about Zimbabwean civil society. We have an electronic network of over 240 NGOs and CSOs. Each Kubatana partner has what we call a “fact sheet” in our online directory. Our project has given many NGOs an Internet pr

Abstract This paper sets out to describe and analyse Local Exchange and Trading Systems (LETS) in economic terms. A LETS performs three main functions: the provision of transaction management services, credit, and market matching. LETS is an alternative fo

Abstract This paper analyses theoretically how the Mutual Credit System (MCS) is affected by the Commons Problem. The MCS is defined as a pure accounting system of exchange, of which the Local Exchange and Trading System is a real life example. The Commons