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dc.contributor.author | Tan, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Savani, MM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-16T15:06:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-02-16T15:06:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022-03-31 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Tan, S. and Savani, M.M. (2022) 'Making sense of sustainability: how institutional design can sustain informal savings and credit groups', International Journal of Community and Social Development, 0 (in press), pp. 1 - 28. doi: 10.1177/25166026221085085. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2516-6034 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/24125 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. A majority of people in developing countries lack access to formal finance and rely on community-organised groups. These savings and credit associations (SCAs) face challenges in overcoming well-known collective action problems. SCA financial products can be understood as a common pool resource. Drawing on Ostrom’s (1990) design principles for self-governing local institutions, we investigate the conditions under which SCAs can achieve sustainability. Using a qualitative methodology, data were collected by examining administrative records and interviewing stakeholders from three SCAs in the Philippines. Our results indicate that adherence to the design principles is positively associated with SCA sustainability. We find that pre-existing social connections are not a necessary condition for initial adherence to the design principles but social capital may play an important role in sustainability overall. These findings contribute to our understanding of how governance design can boost the sustainability of informal groups and enhance financial inclusion among the poor. | - |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article. | - |
dc.format.extent | 1 - 28 (28) | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | - |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Publications | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © The Author(s) 2022. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | - |
dc.subject | institutional design | - |
dc.subject | Ostrom | - |
dc.subject | informal governance | - |
dc.subject | financial services | - |
dc.subject | financial inclusion | - |
dc.subject | sustainable development | - |
dc.title | Making sense of sustainability: how institutional design can sustain informal savings and credit groups | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1177%2F25166026221085085 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | International Journal of Community and Social Development | - |
pubs.issue | 00 | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | - |
pubs.volume | 0 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2516-6026 | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers |
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