Policymakers in Latin America increasingly are turning to policies that have high economic rates of return and a favorable impact on income distribution. By providing financial services to small businesses and poor households -which normally lack such services- credit unions help secure growth...

The second publication in the series "Institutions for People" focuses on the public development banks of Latin America and the Caribbean as they enter a new paradigm. In the last 10 to 15 years, these institutions have made considerable progress in the region towards fulfilling their undoubted...

A segunda edição da série Instituições para o Povo mostra os bancos públicos de desenvolvimento da América Latina e do Caribe frente a um novo paradigma.Nos seis capítulos que compõem o estudo, o tema dos bancos públicos de desenvolvimento é abordado a partir de uma perspectiva...

The purpose of this report is to review common credit risk management techniques used in a sample of Latin American financial institutions with agricultural portfolios, identify the factors that contribute to successful credit risk management as measured by several key financial performance...

In recent years, microfinance has greatly expanded the outreach of the financial system to millions of households in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The purpose of this report is to offer an updated snapshot of access to financial services in the region. The approach is two-fold. In the...

Migration, while certainly not new, is on the increase all over the world. Indeed, the United Nations estimates that from 1990 to 2000 alone, the number of people who left their countries of origin rose by 14 percent, from 154 million to 175 million. The phenomenon is not only growing, but is...

The second edition of the series Institutions for People focuses on the public development banks of Latin America and the Caribbean as they enter a new paradigm. Throughout its six chapters, this book tackles the theme from an integral perspective, analyzing the institutional aspects needed, and...

Reporte para FOMIN realizado por consultores: Ricardo Monge González, Oswald Céspedes Torres y Juan Carlos Vargas Aguilar. Es el primer estudio sobre remitentes y receptores de remesas de Costa Rica a Nicaragua. Incluye montos y frecuencia de los flujos de remesas y una revisión económica...

Report commissioned by MIF and produced by consultant Ricardo Monge-González: First Study on Remittance senders and recipients from Costa Rica to Nicaragua. It includes size of remittances and economic assesment on the impact on the Economy and poverty reduction of Nicaragua .

Estudio sobre el caso de las remesas de Costa Rica hacia Nicaragua y la bancarización como mecanismo para reducir el costo de envío de las mismas