This brochure presents the exhibit "Design with the Base of the Pyramid" supported by the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) and the Opportunities for the Majority Sector (OMJ) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB). The exhibit displayed tailored solutions designed for this underserved...

This issue of MicroEnterprise Americas features a series of articles including topics such as how communication and information technology is fostering growth in the microcredit industry; the role of the State as governments are responding to persistent high rates of unemployment and lack of...

The objective of this project is to contribute to the understanding of how technological changes influence public sector reforms, particularly, the theme of Civil Service and Technological Changes. This will be a step toward comparing, at the Latin American and Caribbean regional level, the...

El presente documento (MIF/GN-78-12) resume los resultados de la evaluación de OVE a los proyectos del FOMIN para los servicios de desarrollo empresarial. Entre 1994 y 2002 se asignaron en total US$135 millones a 100 proyectos de servicios de desarrollo empresarial. Siguiendo el marco y la...

A MicroEmpresa Américas dedicou sua Seção Especial deste número à moradia e às instituições que utilizam seus recursos para oferecer soluções criativas de modo a possibilitar que os pobres consigam ter a casa própria. Os artigos apresentam facetas do microfinanciamento para o setor...

This premiere issue of MicroEnterprise Americas concentrates on the microfinance industry, a thriving segment of the Latin American financial sector that has rapidly expanded in the past five years. This issue explores looks at how market leaders have developed technologies, attracted...