The social unit of debt : Gender and creditworthiness in Paraguayan microfinance

Schuster, Caroline

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The social unit of debt : Gender and creditworthiness in Paraguayan microfinance

Date

2014

Authors

Schuster, Caroline

Publisher

American Anthropological Association

Abstract

Paraguayan microcredit poverty-alleviation programs are built around instrumentalizing women's economic ties through group-based loans guaranteed by no more than the promise of women's solidarity and joint liability for their collective loan repayment. I