"Gas Market Integration in the Southern Cone" is part of a larger effort by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to promote integration of energy markets in South America's Southern Cone region. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the gas industry's evolution in the region,...

During the past two decades, Latin American countries have made pioneering efforts in reforming infrastructure services. The "first generation of reforms" encompassed widespread privatization, deregulation and restructuring of the provision of energy, water, transport and telecommunications...

Beyond Small Change examines the phenomenon of migrant remittances in hopes of contributing to international understanding of remittances, promoting better policies and practices in this area, and turning migrant workers' hard-won resources into a source of development for their homelands. This...

During the last decade, Latin American countries have brought about important reforms in infrastructure services based both on private sector participation for enhancing internal efficiency and competition for increasing consumer welfare. Infrastructure services have evolved from monopoly and...

Financial Risk Management outlines how to implement an objective and systematic risk management program that allows for effective control and evaluation of operations. This comprehensive guide is designed to help businesses and financial institutions operating in emerging markets incorporate...

This report seeks to analyze the efforts among financial institutions to leverage the relationship between financial intermediation and remittance transfers. The impact of family remittances has been highlighted in the literature as an important one for development. A development impact is one...

En este informe se presentan los hallazgos del Economist Intelligence Unit tras analizar en profundidad el entorno de negocios para las microfinanzas en 55 países. El índice en el que se basa el informe permite comparar países y regiones en dos categorías: Marco Regulatorio y Práctica, en...

This document describes the second edition of Infrascope, a learning tool and benchmarking index that assesses the capacity of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to carry out sustainable public-private infrastructure partnerships. The analysis and content covers the time period from...

This report outlines the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit's in-depth analysis of the microfinance business environment in 55 countries. The index that underlies this report allows countries and regions to be compared across two broad categories: Regulatory Framework and Practices,...

This report outlines the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit¿s in-depth analysis of the microfi nance business environment in 54 countries. The index that underlies this report allows countries and regions to be compared across three broad categories: regulatory framework, institutional...