In this paper we address the impact, viability, and efficacy of microfinance on Pulperías (in-home convenience stores), a sector that comprises up to one-third of the microfinance loan market in Central America, in a single research locale. Numerous and extensive in-person surveying (N=279)...

This paper investigates currency substitution along the U.S.-Canada border with specific reference to the use of the Canadian dollar in the United States. In our study sites of Bellingham, WA; Buffalo, NY; Burlington, VT; Houlton, ME; Minot, ND; Port Huron, MI; and Sault Ste. Marie, MI, we found...

This article takes a first exploratory step in understanding the market for home gardeners in the southwest borderlands (Laredo, Texas). Copyright (c) 2005 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.

This paper investigates currency substitution along the U.S.-Canada border with specific reference to the use of the Canadian dollar in the United States. In our study sites of Bellingham, WA; Buffalo, NY; Burlington, VT; Houlton, ME; Minot, ND; Port Huron, MI; and Sault Ste. Marie, MI, we found...