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Making Money Work microcredit, commerce and
social regulation in Paraguays tri-border
areaCaroline E SchusterUniversity of Chicago,
Department of Anthropology
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Ciudad del Este, Paraguay
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Puerto Presidente Stroessner, founded 1957
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Friendship Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil
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Fundación Paraguaya
Founded in 1985, but only a branch office in
Ciudad del Este since 2005 On the bustling
commercial street of Ave. Bernardino Caballero
next to Banco Familiar (a savings and loan),
Visión Microfinance, and two credit
cooperatives. Many of the surrounding home
appliance and motobike stores sell on credit
monthly quota payments
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Downtown microcenter
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Kilometer 11 outside of downtown
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Kilometer 8 outside of downtown
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Kilometer 7 Don Bosco Neighborhood
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Cycles of PaymentThis is an Informconf credit
report that shows continuous borrowing from
Fundación Paraguaya since 2007 over the course of
5 loans