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...

The GCM Informer is a monthly newsletter from the Grants and Co- Financing Unit (GCM). The newsletter is intended to inform users of grant financing with useful news and information.Abstract: GCM te informa es un boletín mensual de la Unidad de Gestión de Donaciones y Cofinanciamiento. Su...

La Revista Integración & Comercio del BID incluye artículos referidos a las distintas manifestaciones del proceso de integración en América Latina y el Caribe, a la integración hemisférica y, también, a los procesos con igual orientación que se llevan a cabo en otras partes del mundo....

This report (RE-252) describes the role of evaluation as an integral part of improving public sector management by providing regular feedback on the results of public action. It lays out some of the present challenges for the Bank in this area, as well as some considerations for the future...

The GCM Informer is a monthly newsletter from the Grants and Co- Financing Unit (GCM). The newsletter is intended to inform users of grant financing with useful news and information.Abstract: GCM te informa es un boletín mensual de la Unidad de Gestión de Donaciones y Cofinanciamiento. Su...

Este número de Microempresa incluye dos artículos principales. En el primero se analiza la forma en la que los bancos pueden adaptar el scoring estadístico para sus préstamos de consumo. También se explora el proceso de introducción del scoring en una institución microfinanciera,...

This paper provides the first experimental evaluation of the participatory budgeting model showing that it increased public participation in the process of public decision making, increased local tax revenues collection, channeled larger fractions of public budgets to services stated as top...

This paper explores the qualitative and quantitative implications of taxation for growth and savings in three Latin American countries: Brazil, Chile and Mexico, studying a small open economy in the context of an endogenous growth model where the domestic interest rate depends on the level of...

This presentation discusses the promotion of SMEs through enterprise networks. Some of the benefits of clustering can be obtained through the promotion of networks of enterprises, often numbering between 10 and 20 firms. The role of the network broker is critical in establishing networks, but so...

This presentation discusses the promotion of SMEs through enterprise networks. Some of the benefits of clustering can be obtained through the promotion of networks of enterprises, often numbering between 10 and 20 firms. The role of the network broker is critical in establishing networks, but so...