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Indicateurs de performance pour les institutions de microfinance: Guide technique: 2e edition
Stauffenberg, Damian von; Jansson, Tor; Abrams, Julie; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
performance des institutions de microfinance et, même pour chacune des catégories citées, il existe bien d'autres mesures de … financière d'une institution de microfinance. …
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Equipment Leasing and Lending: A Guide for Microfinance
Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2003
recommendations for microfinance institutions (MFIs) to use in their equipment leasing and lending programs. …
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A Tale of Four Village Banking Programs: Best Practices in Latin America
Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
This paper examines each major element of the village banking technology and how it has been liberalized so far, particularly in four leading Latin American village banking institutions: FINCA Nicaragua, Pro Mujer Bolivia, Compartamos (in Mexico), and CRECER (in Bolivia). It then analyzes how...
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Microfinance: From Village to Wall Street?
Jansson, Tor - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper presents a synopsis of the current state of the microfinance industry in Latin America. It provides a rough … microfinance institutions; and it outlines some of the major issues currently facing the industry. The underlying theme of the … paper is the microfinance industry's gradual integration into established markets and structures, specifically as it relates …
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Global Microscope on the Microfinance Business Environment 2009: A Pilot Index and Study by the Economist Intelligence Unit
Unit, Economist Intelligence - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
This report outlines the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit¿s in-depth analysis of the microfinance business … employed for the last two years in a microfinance report on Latin America and the Caribbean, and is being piloted for the first …
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Information Through Vouchers: What Next, After Paraguay?
Goldmark, Lara; Schor, Gabriel - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
A functional weakness of the training market is the extreme difficulty with which potential purchasers of "training" can gauge the quality of training programs in advance of payment. However, no training provider would allow a customer to delay payment of course fees until the course has been...
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SME Competitiveness: The Power of Networking and Subcontracting
Berry, Albert - Inter-American Development Bank - 1997
While there has been some progress on other aspects of SME policy (especially credit provision), it is generally recognized that "linkage-inducing" policy, is for the most part and in most places, a new and experimental area, with considerable potential. The purpose of this document is to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010652848
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The City Government of Rio de Janeiro's Policy to Support Self-Employed and Microenterprises
Urani, André - Inter-American Development Bank - 1999
This document describes the efforts of the Department of Labor of Rio de Janeiro to build a comprehensive institutional framework focused on the promotion of a long run, micro-firm based local economic development model and to create a path to sustainable economic growth, job creation and...
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The Case for Business Registration Reform in Latin America
Jansson, Tor; Chalmers, Geoffrey - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
This paper proposes a conceptual framework for understanding and analyzing how business regulations affect small and microenterprises. In doing so, it also makes a case for why particular attention should be paid to the process of initial registration of businesses and why this is a promising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653162
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Institutional Capacities for Small Business Policy Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Angelelli, Pablo; Moudry, Rebecca; Llisterri, Juan J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This study provides a quantitative description of MSMEs in Latin America and the Caribbean. It highlights the quality of the information available in the region and, in doing so, also identifies gaps in the data. The study also presents a comparative analysis of the capacity of national MSME...
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