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INDIANO - LETTERATURA HINDI - MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA - POESIAAASHKAUpendranathaUONV038637655068Nilabha PrakashanaUONV254812650ASK, UpendranathASHKA, UpendranathaUONV038935ASHK, UpendranathASHKA, UpendranathaUONV091917ASK, Upendr NathASHKA, UpendranathaUONV091928ITSOL20240220RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00060404SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI SI VI Cc 248 SI IND3576 5 248 Garma rakha1167222UNIOR07273nam 22006133 450 991087979590332120250319113931.09783839471272383947127310.1515/9783839471272(CKB)33133080500041(MiAaPQ)EBC31554421(Au-PeEL)EBL31554421(DE-B1597)677929(DE-B1597)9783839471272(Perlego)4301628(EXLCZ)993313308050004120240729d2024 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSaving and Being Safe Away from Home Savings and Insurance Associations in Ethiopia and Its Diaspora1st ed.Bielefeld :transcript Verlag,2024.©2024.1 online resource (231 pages)Kultur und Soziale Praxis Series9783837671278 3837671275 Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Saving and insuring: Towards a 'good life' and a 'good future' -- Research on informal saving and insurance associations in Ethiopia -- Informal saving and insurance associations in Ethiopia's diaspora and beyond -- Contributions -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Saving and being safe in Ethiopia -- Iddir funerary insurance as uncaptured civil society -- Introduction -- Institutions with clear parallels worldwide -- Urban origins in Addis Ababa -- Single or multiethnic origins? -- The expansion and transformation of iddirs in the 20th century -- The imperial period -- The Derg period -- The EPRDF period -- Recent evidence -- Growth in number, spatial diffusion, and density of iddirs -- The WIDE longitudinal evidence -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Informal savings and insurance associations -- Introduction -- Informal savings and insurance associations -- Iddir: indigenous life insurance -- Equb: indigenous saving institution -- Informal institutions: future‐making and dreams of migration -- Informal vis‐a-vis formal savings institutions -- Continuity and changing trends among iddirs and equbs -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Wijjo and kochoo -- Introduction -- Description of the study area -- Wijjo: Women's ROSCAs -- Kochoo: Men's ROSCAs -- The Socio‐economic significance of wijjo and kochoo -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The activities, benefits, and challenges of Awada women's self‐help groups in empowering women in Sidama region, southern Ethiopia -- Introduction -- The nexus between empowerment and SHGs -- Awada women's SHG activities, benefits, and challenges -- Social benefits -- Case 1 -- Economic benefits -- Case 2 -- Political benefits -- Case 3 -- Challenges encountered -- Conclusion and recommendations -- Tables -- Figures -- Bibliography.Saving and being safe in the Ethiopian diaspora -- 'Wealth in people' -- Introduction -- Equbs in Ethiopia, L.A., and Seattle -- Equbs in L.A. and Seattle -- 'Wealth in people' - The evaluation process of equb actors -- Equbs/ROSCAs working as forms of investment -- Making diasporic communities through equbs/ROSCAs: Little Ethiopia and other immigrant communities -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Solidarity until the end -- Introduction -- Ethiopians in southern California -- Bereavement as creator of social relationships -- The rise of Ethiopian insurance associations in the USA -- The power of solidarity -- The limits of solidarity -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Islands of hope -- Introduction -- Israel as the promised land -- The crux of the promised land -- Saving for the future - Ethiopian and Eritrean migrant workers in Israel -- Israel as workaround -- Precarious socio‐political situation and contradictory legal status -- Equb in Israel - time and space in which money "is eaten" -- Temporality of hope - "Equb takes care of you 365 days a year" -- Trust in hope - Hope in trust -- "Why should I trust the state?" -- "I don't trust anything institutional" -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- "Trust a man after you bury him" -- Introduction -- Some theoretical considerations -- Trust and mistrust -- Ethiopian Middle East migration trends -- Some features of equb associations in the Emirates -- The significance of ROSCAs for Ethiopians in the Emirates -- Elements of trust in saving institutions -- The overall breakdown of cultural norms -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Savings (equb) and insurance (iddir) associations of Eritreans in Germany -- Introduction -- Research objective and methodology -- Eritrean communities in the diaspora at a glance -- Research findings on equb and iddir associations in Germany.Case 1: Mahiber Qudus Michael (Saint Michael) of Segheneiti -- Case 2: The Mahiber Mehazut (Association of Friends) -- Case 3: The equb family Tesfa Giorgis -- The administration of equb and iddir associations -- Internal regulations and official registration -- Members' contributions and payments to members -- The Covid‑19 pandemic and its effect on associations' activities -- Conclusion -- Figures -- Tables -- Bibliography -- Saving and being safe beyond Ethiopia -- Spatial manifestation of self‐governance groups -- Introduction -- Methodology and case studies -- Section I: Addis Ababa -- Geographic and substantive focus -- Co‑creating iddirs -- Co‑operating iddirs -- Co‑opting iddirs -- Section II: Nairobi -- Logic of organization -- The Co‑production framework -- Co‑operating community organizations -- Co‑opting community organizations -- Conclusion -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Caring for the future -- The new scramble for African customers and the quest for social security -- Research outline -- Namibia and the market for social insurance - What makes it so attractive to Namibian customers? -- Historical background -- The attractiveness of formal social insurance -- Saving for the future and last wills and testaments -- Analysis -- Conclusion: Caring for the future - Who cares? Whose future? -- Figures -- Bibliography -- Author's biographies.Savings and insurance associations are widespread not only in Ethiopia but also in its diaspora, even in countries with diversified and comprehensive formal financial institutions. The contributors to this volume give an extensive overview of these associations in Ethiopia and its diaspora and, at the same time, ask what the activities within these associations tell us about their members' future aspirations and ideas of a »good life«.Kultur und Soziale Praxis SeriesSOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & SocialbisacshAssociations.Cultural Anthropology.Diaspora.Economic Sociology.Economy.Ethnology.Migration.SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.Glück Kim1765569Thubauville Sophia1765570MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910879795903321Saving and Being Safe Away from Home4207410UNINA