Saving, spending, and future-making: Time, discipline, and money in development

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1641-1656

  Green, Maia ^a,b   Kothari, Uma ^c   Mercer, Claire ^d   Mitlin, Diana ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b London School of Economics and Political Science ^*  (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development policy; Future making; Money; Remittances; Saving

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INVESTMENT; LOW INCOME POPULATION; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; REMITTANCE; SAVINGS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 84865170970     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a44640     Document Type: Article

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