The emergence of a micro-finance market in the sertão back lands of Bahia

This paper analyzes the organizational and cultural basis on which financial markets in poor regions are built. The action of Christian Base Communities has been especially important in promoting a cultural change process and in the formation of a dense network of organizations that has enlarged the...

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Main Authors: Reginaldo Sales Magalhães, Ricardo Abramovay, Martin Charles Nicholl
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais (ANPOCS) 2008-01-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-69092008000100007&lng=en&tlng=en