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Banco Palmas | Wikipedia entry for the first of the Brazilian community banks |
Bank of England | its take on local currencies |
C-C Literature | bibliography of community currency research |
Community currency guide | pdf guide by Bernard Lietaer and Gwendolyn Hallsmith |
Community Currency Knowledge Gateway | gateway to online resources, literature and general knowledge on community and complementary currencies |
Currency solutions for a wiser world | Bernard Lietaer’s very interesting site |
Exeter University | huge links page for everything to do with alternative currencies and the problems associated with our capitalist money system |
Guardian | Bristol Pound is just one example of what local currencies can achieve |
Independent Money Alliance | helping groups launch their own independent currencies; blog; information on existing schemes |
Jerome Blanc | history of local currencies in Europe |
No Small Change | handbook produced by the New Economics Foundation to evaluate the success of your community currency project |
Plugging the leaks | initiative to help keep money in local communities rather than have it siphoned out |
Principles of complementary currency systems | by Stephen DeMeulenaere |
RAMICS | Research association on monetary innovation and community and complementary currency systems |
Schumacher Center for a New Economics | US site with lots of info on local currencies |
Shareable | podcast: how complementary currencies support vibrant local economies |
Wikipedia | entry for local currency |