This study builds on a survey sent to 23 Bank Superintendencies and Central Banks in the Latin America and the Caribbean during late spring/summer of 1997. The survey contained number of issues related to financial regulation and supervision that could potentially pose obstacles to financial...

The creation of new microfinance institutions (greenfielding) is a key International Finance Corporation (IFC) intervention to increase access to finance in countries where there are few institutions serving micro and small businesses. IFC uses this approach extensively in Africa and in post...