In Their Own Hands

Copyright © 2014 by Jeffrey Ashe and Kyla Jagger Neilan

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First Edition
Paperback print edition ISBN 978-1-62656-218-9
PDF e-book ISBN 978-1-62656-219-6
IDPF e-book ISBN 978-1-62656-220-2

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Book design: VJB/Scribe. Copyeditor: John Pierce. Proofreader: Nancy Bell. Index: George Draffan. Map of savings groups in Mali courtesy of Oxfam America; Cartographer: Molly O’Halloran. Cover and color insert photos: Jeffrey Ashe. Photo of Jeffrey Ashe: Alyce Getler. Photo of Kyla Jagger Neilan: Jeff Fidget.