Towards a network of micro-credits for housing improvements in barrios in Argentina

This paper brings together the views, analysis and opinions of six women who voluntarily manage the micro-credit programme for housing improvement and work together with IIED-América Latina.

The programme has been running since 1988, and has adapted and evolved to different contexts and needs. Inocencia, Marta, Adriana, Irma, Carina, Gloria and Kitty are micro-credit programme promoters who, thanks to their voluntary work and dedication, drive a change in the living conditions in their respective neighbourhoods day by day, paving the way for the issuing of small credits for housing improvement. After 10 years of joint management, a discussion among these six women provided the opportunity for analysis and evaluation of the Micro-Credit Fund experience at local level.

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