Reconciling debt: Microcredit and the politics of indigeneity in Argentina’s Altiplano

Political and Legal Anthropology Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-66

  Schuster, Caroline E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Economic development; Indigeneity; Microcredit nongovernment organizations (NGOs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956168779     PISSN: 10816976     EISSN: 15552934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1555-2934.2010.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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