Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a way to improve the effectiveness of Islamic micro‐financing in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of micro‐financing is to point out the change of micro‐enterprises'...

The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas highlighted in the Institutional Strategy...

The topics covered in the chapters of the report were presented and discussed in a conference organized by the IDB in Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the future, the Trinidad and Tobagp economy remains overly...

The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas highlighted in the Institutional Strategy...

The topics covered in the chapters of the report were presented and discussed in a conference organized by the IDB in Port of Spain on July 13th, 2004. After more than a decade of economic growth and despite encouraging prospects for the future, the Trinidad and Tobagp economy remains overly...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the factors that are responsible for the poor credit recovery among micro‐finance institutions (MFIs) that disbursed a United Nations Development Programme's micro credit in Anambra State, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 97 MFIs were...

This document was authored by the key note presenter of the "Opportunities for the Majority in the Caribbean", IDB Seminar, Jamaica, 2007. The presentation revolves around the concept of "the base of the pyramid" to build a business strategy to target low income sectors.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to suggest a way to improve the effectiveness of Islamic micro-financing in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of micro-financing is to point out the change of micro-enterprises'...

This Annual Report 2008: A Year in Review contains a review of the Bank's operations in 2008, loans, guarantees and grants, and in a separate volume, Management's Discussion and Analysis: Ordinary Capital; the financial statements of the Bank; and general appendices. The IDB's response to the...

Este é o primeiro de dois volumes que constituem o relatório anual do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento. O relatório contém uma descrição das atividades do Banco em 2009 (empréstimos, garantias e operações não reembolsáveis) e, em volume separado, Discussão e Análise da...