{"product_id":"9781780993133","title":"Small Change, Big Deal: Money as if people mattered","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs we consider the plight of our consumer-driven economy, it is easy to forget that money is about relationship: between individuals and between communities. In our current financial mess, it is worth reminding ourselves of community-based alternatives, and looking closely at microcredit, a model of peer lending to enable people to move out of poverty. From Bangladesh, from South Africa, from Ghana, and from the East End of London, we are given a worm's eye view of small-scale work, of personal transformation, and the building of community. Small and local is still beautiful, and has much to teach us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1999 a Churchill Fellowship enabled Jennifer to study microcredit in Bangladesh. Since then, she has set up programmes in various parts of the world. She is a Quaker, a former literary agent, and a writer and speaker on the Spirit-led life. This is her fifth book. jenniferkavanagh.co.uk\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Business Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046530466032,"sku":"9781780993133","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780993133_p0.jpg?v=1763714365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780993133","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}