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Author Schuster, Caroline E., 1983- author.

Title Social collateral : women and microfinance in Paraguay's smuggling economy / Caroline E. Schuster.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Entrepreneurship -- Liability -- Creditworthiness -- Repayment -- Renewal.
Summary "Microcredit is part of a global trend of financial inclusion that brings banking services, and especially small loans, to the world's poor. While credit for the poor has increasingly come under the rubric of commercial banking, Paraguayan solidarity lending offers a window into the tensions between social development and global finance. There, non-profit development programs offer group loans to women. These highly regulated loans are secured through mutual support and peer pressure--social collateral--rather than through physical collateral. To understand the broader issues of economic interdependency and its regulatory features, Social Collateral tracks collective debt across the commercial society and smuggling economies at the Paraguayan border. The story of social collateral cannot be told without an interwoven story about the feminization of solidarity lending. At its core is an economy of gender--from pink-collar financial work, to men's committees, to hard women smugglers. At stake are interdependencies that bind borrowers and lenders, financial technologies, and Paraguayan development in ways that structure both global inequality and opportunity"--Provided by publisher.
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Language English.
Subject Microfinance -- Paraguay.
Microfinance.
Paraguay.
Microfinance -- Social aspects -- Paraguay.
Social aspects.
Businesswomen -- Paraguay.
Businesswomen.
Women-owned business enterprises -- Economic aspects -- Paraguay.
Women-owned business enterprises.
Smuggling -- Economic aspects -- Paraguay.
Smuggling -- Economic aspects.
Smuggling.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Schuster, Caroline E., 1983- Social collateral 9780520287044 (DLC) 2015014471 (OCoLC)907811172
ISBN 9780520962200 (electronic book)
0520962206 (electronic book)
9780520287044
0520287045
9780520287051
0520287053
Standard No. 40025372666