Community or complementary currency systems have spread all around the world. Most
often, they have been promoted as tools to foster sustainable development albeit they differ …

This paper locates local economic development research and practice in Africa in a global
context. It provides an overview of the international development of local economic …

In the context of great economic turmoil and uncertainty, the emergent conflict between
continued globalisation and growing economic nationalism means that a geographical …

The commons is a concept increasingly used with the promise of creating new collective
wealth. In the aftermath of the economic and financial crises, finance and money have been …

ABSTRACT Complementary Currency Systems (CCS) are accounting systems that define
local monetary spaces created by non‐bank actors to pay for exchange of goods and …

The commons are alternative social and economic practices for fostering community
development and regeneration. While finance is increasingly criticized as a trigger for …

The humanitarian sector has gone through a major shift toward injection of cash into
vulnerable communities as its core modality. On this trajectory toward direct currency …

Research background: The existence of new technologies and increase in the extensive
usage of the internet by individuals, forces governments, local authorities and practitioners …

Local currencies have been used to achieve local economic, social and environmental
goals that are not attained by national currencies. Thus, they can also be applied as a mean …

Research background: Because of enabling a greater amount of money circulation and
addressing the needs of individuals in specific regions, local and digital currencies have …