Vanuatu Abandons Cash For Commodities

The Best Piggy Bank (2012): With the Western world rocked by economic turmoil, we explore an alternative financial system that's secure, stable and has stood the test of time. In Vanuatu, a different approach to money is thriving.


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According to the UN Vanuatu is one of the world's least developed countries, but no one goes hungry there. When they need money they simply make their own. "The only thing we need money for is to pay for salt, soap and kerosene." School fees and medical bills are paid in exchange with local produce, woven mats and pigs."Pigs tusks can hold their value against any other form of currency." On the island of Pentecost the bank accepts deposits of pig tusks and claims to have reserves of $1.4 million. As the world frets about the fragility of its financial system, "Vanuatu is ready to teach all the other countries the road to a good life."

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