Savings at the periphery of markets: evidence from forager-farmers in the Bolivian Amazon
In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 0022-0388
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In: The journal of development studies: JDS, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 0022-0388
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In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 1743-9140
We used survey and ethnographic data to study savings in a highly autarkic society of native Amazonians in Bolivia (Tsimane'). We equated savings with the amount of maize and rice in storage, area planted with plantains and manioc, and number of edible domesticated animals owned by a household or an adult. We found no large inter-annual change in savings possibly due to low income, impulsivity and a bundle of institutions and norms, such as borrowing, theft and reciprocity norms. The bundle attenuates the need for household formal savings at the periphery of markets. Adapted from the source document.
In: The journal of development studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 288-301
ISSN: 1743-9140
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ISSN: 0272-7757