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Microfinance and Poverty: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom Title: Microfinanzas y pobreza: ¿Son válidas las ideas preconcebidas?
Gulli, Hege - Inter-American Development Bank
Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that have become the conventional wisdom, although they have not been proven. These assumptions are examined through a review and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772492
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The Impact of Internet Banking on the Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises in Costa Rica: A Randomized Controlled Experiment
Inter-American Development Bank; Comisión Asesora en … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944303
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Assessing the Effects of Climate and Socioeconomic Factors on Vulnerability to Vector-Borne Diseases in Latin America
Ayala, Rodrigo García; Estrugo, Andrés - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014
vulnerability index constructed can be used to analyze the main determinants of vulnerability in order to address policy concerns. …, this paper presents and tests an approach to estimating the effects of epidemic outbreaks on health vulnerability. The … online platform, the paper finds that climate has nonnegligible effects on health vulnerability. The evidence found and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944014
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Poverty, Vulnerability and the Middle Class in Latin America Title: Pobreza, vulnerabilidad y la clase media en América Latina
Stampini, Marco; Robles, Marcos; Sáenz, Mayra; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
paper, we use synthetic panels to show that, despite progress, the region remains characterized by substantial vulnerability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275115
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Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Title: Una Ampliación de la Agenda para la Reducción de la Pobreza: Oportunidad, Potenciamiento, Seg...
Stern, Nicholas; Lustig, Nora - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and risks.Abstract: Este documento fue comisionado por la Red de Reducción de la Pobreza y la Protección Social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944065
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Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security
Stern, Nicholas; Lustig, Nora - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000
Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, on top of promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and risks.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655199
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Group Support to the Microenterprise Sector: (1990-2000)
Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American … - 2001
The IDB Group, guided by its Strategy for Microenterprise Development, has made the creation of a sustainable market of services to the sector one of its most important priorities during the past decade. This report presents an overview of the contributions the IDB has made to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009291848
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Can Financial Market Policies Reduce Income Inequality?
Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper marshals substantial arguments and data to support the contention that improving the access of micro and small enterprises to financial services could have an important salutary impact on a country's income distribution. To demonstrate this, the paper shows first that many poor own or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320046
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Microfinance: From Village to Wall Street?
Jansson, Tor - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper presents a synopsis of the current state of the microfinance industry in Latin America. It provides a rough assessment of the achievement and outreach of the industry; it offers revealing information on the financial performance of 20 microfinance institutions; and it outlines some of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324024
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Latin America's Energy Future
Tissot, Roger - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012
oil companies in the region. Regional oil policy has also been boosted by the growth of China, which is now a major player …, however, is to find a balance of sources that best provides energy security, meets growing demand, is environmentally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010728987