@article{fdi:010049695,
  title = {{C}an a community currency be independent of the state currency ? {A} case study of the credito in {A}rgentina (1995-2008)},
  author = {{O}uld {A}hmed, {P}epita},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his paper examines an example of a community currency system, the {A}rgentine 'barter clubs' developed from 1995. {T}he term 'barter club' denotes a place of market exchange, within which economic transactions arc paid for using an internal paper currency, the credito, issued by the founders of these clubs and not convertible to the official currency. {T}he author's starting point is to wonder whether this micromonetary system could operate in an insular and independent manner, or if it was necessary to establish some kind of relation with the official macromonetary system. {T}his was investigated by: an analysis of the discourses expressed by the key actors involved in 'barter clubs'; a field survey conducted in a score of clubs in the province of {B}uenos {A}ires, and a case study of one of these; and comparing these results and conclusions with those of other researchers obtained at different times and in different places across the whole of {A}rgentina. {I}t was found that despite the barter club founders' desire to create an independent monetary system, the community currency owes its conditions of existence and acceptance to the official currency. {T}he micromonetary credito system is fundamentally tied to the official macromonetary peso system.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{E}nvironment and {P}lanning {A}},
  volume = {42},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {1346--1364},
  ISSN = {0308-518{X}},
  year = {2010},
  DOI = {10.1068/a4270},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010049695},
}