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<journal-id>0185-1918</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ciencias políticas y sociales]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. cienc. polít. soc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-1918</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-19182006000300095</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Microcrédito y pobreza en Venezuela: un caso de estudio]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Simón Bolívar Departamento de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Caracas ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2006</year>
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<volume>48</volume>
<numero>198</numero>
<fpage>95</fpage>
<lpage>112</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-19182006000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-19182006000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-19182006000300095&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este artículo, el autor analiza y evalúa el Proyecto de Desarrollo de Comunidades Rurales Pobres (PRODECOP) como uno de varios programas que existen en Venezuela para reducir los índices de pobreza. La metodología utilizada comprende tanto investigación documental como trabajo de campo. Dentro de los principales resultados obtenidos resaltan el éxito del PRODECOP en el fortalecimiento de los activos humanos, sociales, financieros y físicos de las familias bene ficiarias y el extraordinario crecimiento de las cajas rurales, que se han convertido en un mecanismo de financiamiento para las familias rurales pobres.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In his article, the author analyzes and evaluates the so called PRODECOP (Proyecto de Desarrollo de Comunidades Rurales Pobres) as one of the various programs designed to reduce poverty in Venezuela. The methodology comprises documental research, interviews and focal groups. One of the main conclusions is that PRODECOP has been successful in strengthening the human, social, financial and physical assets of the beneficiaries. The program has also been successful in promoting rural microcredit associations, which have become a source of financing for the poor.]]></p></abstract>
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