IMTFI First Annual Conference Schedule
IMTFI’s First Annual Conference for Funded Researchers
November 4-5, 2009
Conference Program
Day 1: November 4th
9:30am-10:00am coffee and registration
10:00am-10:30am welcome and introductions, Director Bill Maurer
chair and discussant: Paul Dourish, UC Irvine
The Urban Poor and their Money
Mani Nandhi, Centre for Microfinance - Chennai, India
Network Linkages and Money Management: An Anthropological Purview
of the Beesi Network amongst the Urban Poor Muslims in Old City Area
of Lucknow, India
Syed Aiman Raza, Shia Degree College - Lucknow, India
Analysis of Financial practices among Families in Two Cities Indigenous to
the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico
Magdalena Villarreal, CIESAS- Tlalpan, Mexico
Maria Eugenia Santana, Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas - Chiapas, Mexico
12:00pm-1:00pm break for lunch; lunch options offered nearby and at the UCI Student Center
1:00pm-2:30pm Session 2: Existing indigenous money practices
chair and discussant: Mohammed Mohammed, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Borrowing from the Gods: Oracular Deities as Traditional Sources of Credit
among the Igbo of Nigeria
Kenneth Omeje, United States International University - Nairobi, Kenya
Forms of Money: An Inquiry into the Processes of Use and Adaptation
among the Konda Reddis of South India
Thanuja Mummidi, French Institute of Pondicherry - Pondicherry, India
Yesterday’s Nomads and Modern Money
Svetlana Tyukhteneva, Ethnoconsulting Ltd. - Moscow, Russia
2:30pm-3:00pm break
3:00pm-4:30pm Session 3: Impact of m-banking and ICTs
chair and discussant: Jan Chipchase, Nokia Design
The Impact of New Technology on the Use of Money as a Means of
Spending, Saving and Storing by the Poor: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Sirimevan S. Colombage, The Open University of Sri Lanka - Nawala, Nugegoda
A Study of Money and Financial Services and the Impact of ICTs among
Poor Communities in Developing Countries: The Case of Botswana
Beatrice Magembe and Alice Shemi, University of Botswana - Gabarone, Botswana
E-money for Enhancing MDGs at Bottom of the Pyramid: A Case Study for
M-Banking in Kenya
Francis Wambalaba, Akosa Wambalaba, Philip Machoka
United States International University - Nairobi, Kenya
4:30pm-5:30pm reception, light refreshment will be served
Day 2: November 5th
9:00am-10:30am Session 4: Multiple currencies and local money systems
chair and discussant: Scott Mainwaring, Intel Research
Local Money Systems: Financial Inclusion and Reduction of Poverty
Marco Crocco, Federal University of Minas Gerais - Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Making Good Money: Microcredit, Commercial Financing, and Social
Regulation in Paraguay’s Tri-Border Area
Caroline Schuster, University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
Cubanos Convertibles: Meanings of Multiple Currencies in Cuba
Mrinalini Tankha, Brandeis University - Waltham, MA
10:30am-11:00am break
11:00am-12:30pm Session 5: Microfinance and technology
chair: Douglas Sabo, Visa Inc.
discussant: Michael Ferguson, Microfinance Opportunities
Tabula Rasa? Conceptions of Microfinance in Juba, Sudan
Crystal Murphy Morgan, University of California, Irvine
‘Democratizing Capital:’ Digital Lending Networks, Mobile Technologies and
Women’s Solidarity Groups in Chiapas, Mexico
Anke Schwittay and Paul Braund, RiOS Institute - Berkeley, CA
Financial Inclusion via Branchless Banking: What do we know about
low-income consumers so far
Mark Pickens, Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
12:30pm-1:30pm break for lunch; lunch options offered nearby and at the UCI Student Center
1:30pm-3:00pm Session 6: Alternative methods of managing finance and protection
against risk
chair and discussant: Wendy March, Intel Research
Follow the Bean: Navigating Value Exchange and Vulnerability with Farmers
and their stakeholders
Melissa Cliver, Financial Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST) - Montreal, Quebec
A Study on M-finance and Consumption Smoothening among the Poor
with Irregular Income Streams
Harsha de Silva, LIRNEasia - Columbo, Sri Lanka
Managing Risks: What Poor Households in Yogyakarta do to smooth
their consumption?
Catur Sugiyanto, Sri Yani Kusumastuti, and Duddy Donna
Universitas Gadja Mada - Yogyakarta, Indonesia
3:00pm-4:00pm closing remarks, open discussion
4:00pm-4:45pm closing reception
