After more than a decade of researching, implementing and supervising complementary currencies projects in the region, the Social Trade Organisation Central America (STRO-CA) has accumulated many lessons learnt and developed complementary currency methods along with strategies to stimulate its circulation, but most of all to create stable, diversified and resilient local economies in the cities where projects are in research, execution and/or supervision. This report introduces the STRO-CA approach to complementary currency development, and reflects on ten years of currency innovation and development in Central America.

Erik Brenes Volume 15(2011) Special Issue D32-38

IJCCR 2011 Special Issue 07 Brenes

To cite this article: Brenes, E. (2011) ‘Complementary Currencies for Sustainable Local Economies in Central America’ International Journal of Community Currency Research 15 (D) 32-38 <www.ijccr.net> ISSN  1325-9547 http://dx.doi.org/10.15133/j.ijccr.2011.018