Otake, Yuko;
Hagenimana, Fabien;
(2021)
Gift economy and well-being: A mode of economy playing out in recovery from Rwandan tragedies.
Sustainable Development
, 29
(5)
pp. 930-940.
10.1002/sd.2185.
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Abstract
Previous studies challenge the assumption that economic growth improves subjective well-being, and argue that economic growth is incompatible with not only nature conservation but also subjective well-being. To achieve SDGs, a mode of economy that sustains both subjective well-being and the natural environment needs to be investigated. This ethnographic study explored community-based economy systems in post-genocide Rwanda, and elaborated the process and mechanisms by which the contemporary gift economy facilitated subjective well-being in culture and natural landscape. Findings showed that subjective well-being can be achieved by applying alternative modes of economy (gift economy, sharing economy) and having access to direct sources of well-being (natural environment, social cohesion, cultural identity, and spirituality), when basic needs are satisfied by well-established infrastructure and social services. This study contributes to understanding why and how people can be happy without money, and illuminate a mode of economy that can benefit the sustainable development of local communities.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Gift economy and well-being: A mode of economy playing out in recovery from Rwandan tragedies |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/sd.2185 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2185 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 The Authors. Sustainable Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | community, gift economy, Rwanda, sharing economy, sustainability, well-being. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10179510 |
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