"The challenges faced by Latin American multinational companies, or multilatinas, often require unique strategies tailored to a demanding global environment. This book studies the strategies of internationalism exercised by large multilatinas, offering the first systematic, quantitative effort...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Rethinking Banking -- 2 - Why Intervene in Credit Markets? -- 3 - Roots of Microfinance: ROSCAs and Credit Cooperatives -- 4 - Group Lending -- 5 - Beyond Group Lending -- 6 - Savings and...

The first comprehensive examination of the importance of local bond market development in Latin America, with conceptual and comparative assessments, case studies of six countries, and new, unique data sets.