This paper presents a conceptual framework for explaining Credit Unions (CUs) loan delinquency and profitability in developing countries. It also offers an empirical estimation for a unique sample of CUs in Latin America.

This paper examines each major element of the village banking technology and how it has been liberalized so far, particularly in four leading Latin American village banking institutions: FINCA Nicaragua, Pro Mujer Bolivia, Compartamos (in Mexico), and CRECER (in Bolivia). It then analyzes how...

The current study gathers together a large database on the funding side of Latin American microfinance institutions (MFIs), providing detailed coverage of 61 regulated MFIs in nine Latin American countries with major microfinance markets. The study goes on to examine the relative costs of the...

Banks are increasingly entering into microfinance, and donors such as the IDB are increasingly helping them to do so. Despite this trend, banks continue to make a number of common mistakes in attempting to serve the microenterprise sector. A key to successfully serving this sector is to follow...

The paper addresses the particular issues that arise during the negotiation of comprehensive trade and integration agreements, which involve political and cooperation dialogue in addition to trade liberalization talks. It explores the features of the New Regionalism that emerged in the Southern...

Dado el tamaño del mercado interno la inserción internacional resulta un componente fundamental de la estrategia de desarrollo de Uruguay. En este estudio se analizan los factores que han condicionado la estructura y dinámica de la inserción internacional del país a lo largo de las ultimas...

El taller "Desarrollo Rural y Comercio Agropecuario en América Latina y el Caribe" organizado de forma conjunta por los Departamentos de Integración y Programas Regionales (INT) y Departamento de Desarrollo Sostenible (SDS) que se llevó a cabo el día 18 de julio de 2005 en la sede del Banco...

This paper describes how to do equipment finance--leasing and lending--for mainstream microentrepreneurs, that is, for those microentrepreneurs needing approximately $50 to $2500 to purchase equipment. Specifically, this paper examines the pros and cons of the two major financing alternatives,...

A pesar de la abundancia de literatura teórica sobre los aspectos distributivos de las políticas comerciales preferenciales, en la literatura aplicada reciente, el tema de cómo instrumentar políticas para tratar las asimetrías en el marco de los procesos de integración regional reluce por...

La economía paraguaya es la de menor tamaño en el Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) y fue la de menor crecimiento en la década de los años noventa. El acceso a los mercados de los socios regionales y extrarregionales es fundamental para lograr mayor crecimiento económico y bienestar social....