Man with a loaded bicycle on the very bad road between Tshikapa and Kananga, Kasai, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa

Street vendor of grilled peanuts, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

The Monday animal market of Keren, Eritrea, Africa

Mali tribal woman with gold nose rings shopping by bartering system in Mali weekly tribal market, Guneipada, Orissa (Odisha), India, Asia

Women bartering over chicken sale at Xinjie Local Market, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Women bartering over chicken sale at Xinjie Local Market, Yuanyang, Yunnan Province, China, Asia

Fair, Amish Farmers Bartering Buggies, Usa

A popular bartering gift in many areas of Africa is the pencil. It encourages education, is inexpensive in the western world and very useful in Africa. It also discourages children begging for money. Gikongoro, Rwanda, East Africa