Busan’s Dongbaekjeon Has Drifted From Its Original Purpose Heavy spending on academies and medical services has exposed a deeper problem: Busan’s local-currency program may be subsidizing existing household costs rather than generating new neighborhood demand...

Busan’s Dongbaekjeon was meant to support local commerce. But if it is mostly discounting academy fees and medical bills that were already local, is it still a local-currency policy — or just a public discount card? breezeinflow.com/busan-news/b...
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#localcurrency systems gaining again popularity in Japan after a previous peak two decades ago.

While these projects generally struggle versus overdominant official currencies, they show the mindset required if your objective is to have real impact in economic structure.

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Habitat for Humanity
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Low-Impact Living
Community Supported Manufacturing
Community Land Trusts
Local Currency
Residents (especially unemployed) who volunteer time and energy to assist w/ Community Visioning could receive, as compensation, #localcurrency
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Habitat for Humanity
Booker T. Washington
Low-Impact Living
Community Supported Manufacturing
Community Land Trusts
Local Currency
Residents (esp unemployed) who volunteer time and energy to assist with Community Visioning could receive, as compensation, #localcurrency
+below
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Watch and discuss the film 'Purpose' In our regular weekly meeting of the Regenerative Currency Federation (RCF) we shall discuss the film 'Purpose' during

Join us (Regenerative Currency Federation) for an online discussion of "Purpose" - the filem https://bit.ly/purposethefilm on January 29th 2.30pm EST

#ReclaimTheEconomy #PostGrowth #WellbeingEconomy #DoughnutEconomics #CommunityEconomy #RegenerativeEconomy #LocalCurrency

Oh I forgot to say that for the first time now in Australia it’s only $15 too #LocalCurrency #Canada #USA #Australia #15Bucks

African leaders must stop lobbying for access to frameworks that don't serve their interests, and start asserting control over their own financial future - Carlos Lopes
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#AfricaFinance #DebtRelief #LocalCurrency #AfDB @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

Imagine if you could secure your basic needs through an #alternative #localcurrency /credit for work or credit for service /and you could redeem that at participating stores and vendors and service providers instead of using dollars from your job / you could actually start saving money #shahidbolsen

Local currency the Lewes Pound to end after 17 years The Lewes Pound is accepted by more than 100 businesses and has supported food bank users.

Lewes Pound Ends After 17 Years, Leaving a Legacy of Local Support
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#payments #LocalCurrency

Tracking the Impacts of the CBN and IFC Partnership on Local Currency Financing in Nigeria In October 2024, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) joined forces to boost loc

CBN and IFC partner to enhance local currency financing in Nigeria. 🤝💡
How will this affect Nigeria’s investment climate?

#CBN #IFC #LocalCurrency #FinancialGrowth #NaijaInvesting #nigeria #trending #abuja

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Trump's Tariff Threats on BRICS: Impact on Developing Nations & Egypt's Push for Free Trade - #WorldEye

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#TrumpVsBRICS #GlobalEconomy #BRICSAlliance #TariffWars #FreeTrade #EconomicConfrontation #BRICSCountries #DevelopingNations #Geopolitics #LocalCurrency

En fait, cet article est un peu hors sujet pour ce qui nous concerne :
Ici, #localcurrency désigne la monnaie (ou devise) de l'état dans lequel la Banque Mondiale intervient, versus un investissement en $ et non une #monnaielocale complémentaire.

"Boosting your economy by Making Money Virtuous". New ebook by the Social Trade Organization.

#circulareconomy
#localcurrency
#sustainablefinance

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Sustainable development requires sustainable finance: why local currency financing is part of the solution - Bretton Woods Project Multilateral development banks can reduce their dependence on hard currency lending and make local currency financing a central element of their developmental mandate.

Sustainable development cannot happen without sustainable finance. Our latest piece in the Bretton Woods Project’s Autumn Observer explains why #LocalCurrency financing is crucial for achieving this. 👇

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Woke up this morning to my parents asking about #UBI, #localcurrency creation, and how we can scale these kinds of solutions to present day economic concerns.

Almost overnight, the importance of the work being done here just got SO much easier to understand. @grassEcon