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QUICKBORNER TEAM Gesellschaft für Planung und Organisation mbH Banco Palmas Banco Palmas is a Brazilian community bank founded in 1998 in Conjunto Palmeiras, a neighborhood of 32,000 inhabitants located in the suburbs of Fortaleza - Ceará, Brazil operating under the principle of the "Solidarity Socio-Economy." It is the first of currently 52 similarly structured community banks - also known as "community development banks" (CDBs) - throughout Brazil. It is managed locally by the Association of Residents of Conjunto Palmeira (Associação dos Moradores do Conjunto Palmeira), known by its acronym ASMOCONP, the staff of which is mostly volunteer. Its mission is to implement programs and projects for work and income generation using solidarity economy systems primarily focused on overcoming urban and rural poverty. History[edit] Images of Conjunto Palmeira in the 1970s The origin of the Palmeira neighborhood dates back to the 1970s. In 2000, Banco Palmas created the social currency palmas, which circulates in local commerce. Theory[edit] Social Currency[edit] 1. 2. 3. 4.

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