En esta edición de Microempresa se incluyen dos artículos principales. El primero aborda la problemática de la calificación de riesgo de las instituciones de microfinanzas (IMF). Hace una década, la calificación especializada de IMFs era poco más que una idea. Pero el concepto fue...

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...

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...

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...

Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...

This 1997 Annual Report on the Bank's activities in environment and natural resources reviews the record since the IDB-8 Agreement and highlights some of the most interesting and innovative initiatives that have been launched during the past year. The Report offers a comprehensive picture of...