This document is a synthesis of the region's most pertinent top priorities, of achievements undergone during recent years, and of the challenges and opportunities the region will face in the near future.

This policy brief is intended to serve as the basis for the discussion of the Ministers of Finance on action needed to promote physical infrastructure and reduce intra-regional trade costs, in the context of the Third Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean held in...

Second Meeting of the Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean

This report (MIF/GN-78-9) comprises the evaluation of MIF's projects supporting private participation in infrastructure performed by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. The evaluation was initiated in 2002, covering four thematic groups of projects: Alternative Dispute Resolution (GN-78-2),...

Today over 80 percent of the businesses in Latin America and the Caribbean have 10 employees or less and, depending on the country, they provide between 30 and 80 percent of employment. Yet, in spite of this new empowering view of microenterprises--as a means for the poor to earn their...

This report consolidates the main findings and areas of opportunity identified in the evaluation of MIF activities conducted in 2002 and 2003, pursuant to the work plan approved by the Donors Committee (MIF/GN-78). The evaluation reviewed some 500 projects totaling US$800 million and covering...

The Initiative for Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) was launched to work toward an enlarged South American economic space anchored in principles of sustainable, efficient, equitable development of the region. This report (RE-338) presents the findings of OVE's...

This Policy Profile reaffirms the Bank's commitment to tranparency in all aspects of its operations and demonstrates to its clients, principally the countries of the Region that it serves, that it reflects the best practices that they have adopted in recent years. The Policy Profile stresses the...

This report (MIF/GN-78-9) comprises the evaluation of MIF's projects supporting private participation in infrastructure performed by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight. The evaluation was initiated in 2002, covering four thematic groups of projects: Alternative Dispute Resolution (GN-78-2),...

This report consolidates the main findings and areas of opportunity identified in the evaluation of MIF activities conducted in 2002 and 2003, pursuant to the work plan approved by the Donors Committee (MIF/GN-78). The evaluation reviewed some 500 projects totaling US$800 million and covering...