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Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange through Community Currency in an Alternate Economy

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This chapter discusses the way in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), traditionally renowned for enhancing global reach, can be used to build and strengthen local trading using web-based community currencies. An example of such an online community currency is the Community Exchange System (CES), which was developed in Cape Town, South Africa, and is currently used by 712 exchanges in 70 countries (CES Website, 2014).

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Coetzee, L. (2016). Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange through Community Currency in an Alternate Economy. In: Dey, B., Sorour, K., Filieri, R. (eds) ICTs in Developing Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137469502_5

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