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From Intervention to Empowerment: A New Approach to Assisting SMEs in Latin America: Regulation, Procurement, and Dispute Resolution

Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …; … - 2008

This paper outlines some of the issues that affect small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in three areas: regulation, procurement, and dispute resolution. The work presented herein is part of the Bank's most recent efforts to develop new approaches and instruments to strengthen its role as a...

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Facing the Challenges of Informal Settlements in Urban Centers: The Re-urbanization of Manaus, Brazil

Magalhães, Fernanda; Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

The search for solutions to urban and social problems prompted by informal settlements is gaining importance in the development agenda of most large cities in Latin America. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in informal, often centrally located settlements.

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The Social Spatial Segregation in the Cities of Latin America

Sabatini, Francisco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The cities offer Latin America and the Caribbean their best opportunity for economic and social development. Aside from concentrating on more than two thirds of the population, it is estimated that urban activities will generate more than 75 percent of the expected growth of the Gross Domestic...

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Insurance for the Poor?

Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Calvo, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study was prepared for the Financial Services and Poverty Reduction research project and was presented at the conference with the same name held at Bank headquarters in September of 2004. It first establishes the considerable welfare cost borne by the region's poor when facing uncovered...

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Financing Agricultural Value Chains in Central America

Coon, Jeremy; Campion, Anita; Wenner, Mark D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

. Historically, small- and medium-sized famers experience problems accessing formal finance. Participation in a well-structured and … guarantees for smaller actors, relying on donor financed guarantee funds, and buyer/exporter finance; (iii) creditor rights are …

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Indicadores de riesgo y de gestión del riesgo de los desastres: resultados para Nicaragua

Cardona, Omar D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007

Los desastres naturales han repercutido en las perspectivas de desarrollo de muchos de los países de América Latina y el Caribe. Nicaragua está al frente de esta infortunada realidad, estando localizada en una de las zonas del mundo más propensa a amenazas naturales. Con el fin de apoyar a...

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El Nuevo Acuerdo de Capital de Basilea: Efectos en los sistemas financieros de America Latina y el Caribe

Giorgio, Luis Alberto; Rivas, Carlos Gabriel - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003

El presente documento presenta algunos de los aspectos más destacados referentes a los efectos del Nuevo acuerdo de capital de Basilea (NACB) sobre los sistemas financieros de América Latina y el Caribe. Se discuten las implicancias de los cambios propuestos sobre los niveles de capital, la...

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Housing Finance in Chile: The Experience in Primary and Secondary Mortgage Financing

Pardo, Claudio Adrián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This paper presents the experiences of the housing finance market in Chile. It was first presented at a regional … evolution of housing finance in Chile, including the role of the government and the development of the secondary market for …

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Sharpening the Bank's Capacity to Support the Housing Sector in Latin America and the Caribbean: Background Paper for the Implementation of the Social Development Strategy

Rojas, Eduardo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The Bank expanded its housing finance activities in the 1990s, shifting its support toward sector reforms that increase … the capacity of housing finance and delivery mechanisms to cater to the needs of low-income households. The present …

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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics

Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Access to finance remains a challenge for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. It is a particularly acute … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance … asymmetry in SME lending, such a tool could help relieve constraints to SME finance in Argentina. …

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