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To Kill Three Birds With One Stone

The rotating credit associations of the Papua New Guinea Chinese1

Bibliographic Data

ID2464865
AuthorsDavid Y H Wu (East–West Center, corresponding author)
Year1974
Volume1
Issue3
Pages565-584
Publication date1974-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Ethnologist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/ae.1974.1.3.02a00110
OpenAlexW2153291739
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited14

The author looks at rotating credit associations in the Overseas Chinese community in Papua New Guinea, where complicated financial networks have been built up from simple traditional models, and argues that it is man and not the institution which holds the key to cultural change and economic development; the way in which the economic institution is manipulated by the people determines its adaptability

Adaptability · Biology · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnology · Financial institution · Institution · Key (lock · Management · New guinea · Simple (philosophy · Social science · Sociology · Ecology · Finance · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Philosophy

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Unique citing works13
Citations per year0,27
Citation span1977 - 2019 (43)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 13

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