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Leftist politics and the limits of microcredit in Argentina

La política izquierdista y los límites del microcrédito en Argentina
[journal article]

Ahnen, Ronald

Abstract

The success of microcredit lending programs depends in part on the regulatory framework that policymakers create to support them. A fact that many microcredit analyses often ignore or overlook is that this framework is shaped by both ideological and partisan political considerations of policymakers.... view more

The success of microcredit lending programs depends in part on the regulatory framework that policymakers create to support them. A fact that many microcredit analyses often ignore or overlook is that this framework is shaped by both ideological and partisan political considerations of policymakers. In Argentina, the Peronist governments of Néstor and Cristina Kirchner launched and supported a state-centered microcredit program characterized by strict loan conditions and direct state grants for capital and operational costs to existing non-profit organizations that were largely supportive of Peronism. Provinces and municipalities governed by anti-Peronists refused to participate. As a result, the National Microcredit Program has come to mimic past patronage based policies to a significant extent, engendering dependency on government resources, and thereby threatening its long-term viability. This article explores the impact of the left's ideological and political project on microcredit policy, implementation, and outcomes in Argentina.... view less


El éxito de los programas de préstamos de microcrédito depende, en parte, del marco regulatorio que los diseñadores de políticas crean para apoyarlos. Un hecho que muchos análisis de microcrédito frecuentemente ignoran es que este marco está formado por consideraciones ideológicas y políticas partid... view more

El éxito de los programas de préstamos de microcrédito depende, en parte, del marco regulatorio que los diseñadores de políticas crean para apoyarlos. Un hecho que muchos análisis de microcrédito frecuentemente ignoran es que este marco está formado por consideraciones ideológicas y políticas partidistas de líderes políticos. En Argentina, los gobiernos peronistas de Néstor y Cristina Kirchner lanzaron y apoyaron un programa de microcrédito centrado en el Estado caracteri-zado por condiciones estrictas de préstamos y subvenciones estatales directas para el capital y los costos operativos a organizaciones sin fines de lucro que apoyaban en gran medida al peronismo. Provincias y municipios gobernados por anti-peronistas se negaron a participar. Como resultado, el Programa Nacional de Microcrédito ha llegado a mimetizar en gran medida políticas de patrocinio pasadas, generando dependencia de los recursos gubernamentales y amenazando así su viabilidad a largo plazo. Este artículo explora el impacto del proyecto ideológico y político de la izquierda en la política, implementación y resultados del microcrédito en Argentina.... view less

Keywords
Argentina; Latin America; microfinance; credit; credit policy; economic policy; ideology; politics; political left; impact

Classification
Economic Policy

Document language
English

Publication Year
2017

Page/Pages
p. 41-62

Journal
Journal of Politics in Latin America, 9 (2017) 2

ISSN
1868-4890

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0


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