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Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World
Phillips, Katherin Ross; Gertler, Paul; Smeeding, Timothy M. - Inter-American Development Bank
Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772355
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Money Matters: Reaching Women Microentrepreneurs with Financial Services Title: Dinero que cuenta: Servicios financieros al alcance de la mujer microempresaria
Almeyda-Stemper, Gloria - Inter-American Development Bank
field of microfinance.Abstract: El acceso de la mujer microempresaria a los servicios financieros es clave para sus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772455
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Principles and practices for regulating and supervising microfinance
Jansson, Tor; Rosales, Ramón; Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
supervisory framework for microfinance. It is intended to meet a growing demand for clearly identifiable principles and guidelines … on how microfinance can be appropriately regulated and supervised. The growing awareness of the potential of microfinance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744474
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Shielding the Poor: Social Protection in the Developing World
Phillips, Katherin Ross; Gertler, Paul; Smeeding, Timothy M. - Inter-American Development Bank
Shielding the Poor presents a group of studies on social protection in the developing world from leading researchers. These studies address the issue of vulnerability of the poor to adverse shocks and propose policies to increase their protection and coping capacity. The studies emphasize the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943407
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Money Matters: Reaching Women Microentrepreneurs with Financial Services Title: Dinero que cuenta: Servicios financieros al alcance de la mujer microempresaria
Almeyda-Stemper, Gloria - Inter-American Development Bank
field of microfinance.Abstract: El acceso de la mujer microempresaria a los servicios financieros es clave para sus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943529
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Microcredit Impact Assessment: The Brazilian and Chilean Cases Title: Microcrédito, evaluación de impacto: Casos Brasil y Chile
Aroca, Patricio A. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2002
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of micro-entrepreneurs income on two Brazilian and Chilean microcredit programs. Drawing on two unique sources of data, control groups are built using the propensity score to match beneficiaries of micro-credit programs with non-beneficiaries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943746
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Interest Rates and Implications for Microfinance in Latin America and the Caribbean Title: Las tasas de interés y sus repercusiones en las microfinanzas en América Latina y el Cari...
Ekka, Rashmi Kiran; Wenner, Mark D.; Campion, Anita - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Microfinance institutions (MFIs) have been successful in providing credit to millions of low-income borrowers in groups … examine microfinance interest rates and their determinants in order to understand how these rates might be lowered. Using high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944098
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Signaling Creditworthiness in Peruvian Microfinance Markets: The Role of Information Sharing
Frisancho, Veronica Cecilia - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
Using borrower-level data from FINCA, one of Peru's leading microfinance institutions (MFIs), this paper evaluates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944247
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Investing in Microfinance: Making Money, Making a Difference
Narita, Tetsuro; Miller-Sanabria, Tomas C. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
The third in the MIF Retrospectives series, this paper takes a look at how microfinance has grown in Latin America and … the Caribbean, as well as MIF¿s pivotal role in strengthening microfinance institutions and promoting investment in … microfinance funds. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198525
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Workers' Remittances and Economic Development
Batini, Nicoletta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010
Analisis de las remesas de emigrantes peruanos y argentinos en Italia. (Aspectos demográficos y sociológicos) y estudio de factibilidad para la construcción de un programa de canalización y valorización de remesas de los migrantes peruanos en Italia
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009198835