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Partial Credit Guarantees and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Colombian National Guarantee Fund

Stucchi, Rodolfo; Arráiz, Irani; Arjona, Marcela Meléndez - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

This paper studies the effect of government-backed partial credit guarantees on firms' performance. These guarantees are automatically granted to firms without enough collateral in order to lift their credit constraints. We put together a panel, covering the period 1997-2007, that combines data...

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Unemployment in Bolivia: Risks and Labor Market Policies

Hernani-Limarino, Werner L.; Villegas, María; Yáñez, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper attempts to evaluate the effectiveness of Bolivia's labor market institutions, particularly the Plan Nacional de Empleo de Emergencia (PLANE). It is found that unemployment as conventionally defined may not be the most important problem in Bolivia's labor market, as the non-salaried...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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The Latin American Microfinance Industry: How Does it Measure Up?

Jansson, Tor; Taborga, Miguel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

individual microfinance institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, in hopes of strengthening the microfinance industry and … microfinance industry in Latin America and the Caribbean. …

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Microfinance Issues and Challenges in the Anglophone Caribbean

Wenner, Mark D.; Chalmers, Geoffrey - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001

sector and the microfinance industry in the Anglophone Caribbean. Second, it will examine the main factors that help explain … the differences in the development of sustainable microfinance in the Anglophone Caribbean compared to Latin America … microfinance and microenterprise development in the Caribbean in the last fifteen years and what has it achieved. And fourth, it …

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A Tale of Four Village Banking Programs: Best Practices in Latin America

Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This paper examines each major element of the village banking technology and how it has been liberalized so far, particularly in four leading Latin American village banking institutions: FINCA Nicaragua, Pro Mujer Bolivia, Compartamos (in Mexico), and CRECER (in Bolivia). It then analyzes how...

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Guidelines of Principles for Effective Regulation and Supervision of Microfinance Operations

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2010

practices on the topic of regulation and supervision of microfinance operations executed by deposit-taking financial …, as well as the Basel II principles issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. to microfinance institutions. In … well as for the microfinance institutions. The recommendations aim to facilitate a harmonious development of microfinance. …

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Definitions of Selected Financial Terms Ratios and Adjustments for Microfinance

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2002

The primary objective of this document is to put forward standard definitions for the selected financial terms, and suggest a standard method of calculating certain financial ratios. This section defines certain key financial accounts used by MFIs. The definitions are provided in two main...

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