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The Impact of Internet Banking on the Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Costa Rica: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
Monge-Gonzalez, Ricardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
This paper uses a randomized controlled experiment in Costa Rica to determine whether IB use by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo`s micro and small enterprise (MSE) clients has an impact on their performance, measured in terms of productivity, increase in sales, and cost reduction. Results from the...
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Development of a Procedure for the Construction of GEI Emission Abatement Curves Incorporating the Uncertainty Associated to the Main Mitigation Variables
Clerc, Jacques; Diaz, Manuel; Campos, Bruno - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
The general objective of the study is to develop a methodology for the preparation of greenhouse-gas abatement curves for the energy demand sector, incorporating the uncertainty associated to the variables involved in estimating the marginal abatement costs. Furthermore, this approach will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691618
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Regional Financial Development and Firm Growth in Peru
Moron, Eduardo; Salgado, Edgar; Seminario, Cristhian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
This paper documents the relationship between regional financial development and firm growth in the Peruvian manufacturing sector. In order to control for mutual causality between credit availability and firm growth, industry differences in financial dependence on external funds are exploited....
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Export Pioneers in Latin America
Fernandez-Arias, Eduardo; Stein, Ernesto; Sabel, Charles; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Export Pioneers in Latin America analyzes a series of case studies of successful new export activities throughout the region to learn how pioneers jump-start a virtuous process leading to economic transformation. The cases of blueberries in Argentina, avocados in Mexico, and aircraft in Brazil...
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Una sólida alianza para el desarrollo : Centroamérica y el BID desde 1990
Large, William R. (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003214830
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An enduring partnership for development : Central America and the IDB since 1990
Large, William R. (contributor) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002913453
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Upgrading to compete : global value chains, clusters, and SMEs in Latin America
Pietrobelli, Carlo (ed.); Rabellotti, Roberta (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652077
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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics
Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk among SME clients of Banco Ciudad … de Buenos Aires (BCBA), one of the top three public banks of Argentina. SME responses were compared to their historical … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655071
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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics
Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
carried out a pilot test of an innovative psychometric tool aimed at evaluating credit risk among SME clients of Banco Ciudad … de Buenos Aires (BCBA), one of the top three public banks of Argentina. SME responses were compared to their historical … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010672755