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To evaluate the social impact of the NICA Fund [2], a survey and study of Nicaraguan borrowers was conducted in 2002 by WCCN and the Nicaraguan think tank Fundación Internacional para el Desafío Económico Global (International Foundation for the Global Economic Challenge, or FIDEG). The study examined conditions of the borrower’s business, family and individual life and the role of credit in changing them. Written by FIDEG, the study was published in Spanish. An English-language summary of its findings can be found in the Fall 2002 issue of Nicaraguan Developments [3]. (updated July 14, 2004)