Este trabajo estima el impacto del acceso a ciertos servicios financieros (descuento de facturas, órdenes de compra, garantías de participación y cumplimiento) en el desempeño de un grupo de micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MiPyME) clientes de una entidad de microfinanzas que opera en...

People and their jobs: What could be more basic to a person's well being? Where people work determines how they live, how their families live, and how economies perform. The quantity and quality of jobs available has implications for individuals and countries alike. That is why the problems with...

Competing in the world economy does not automatically boost a nation's productivity and restructure its economy. Such progress requires mobilizing capital, employment, technology and knowledge. Opportunities beyond the business realm must be fully exploited to the benfit of society as a whole....

Regional integration initiatives have long been part of the world economic landscape. In Latin America, integration flourished in the early post-war era but then lost momentum until the 1990s, when there was a new wave of initiatives ranging from free trade areas to customs unions. This Report...

Credit supplied by the banking sector is the most important funding source for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean. Unfortunately, credit is scarce, costly and volatile. Without deep and stable credit markets, the region will be hard pressed to achieve high and sustainable...

Mediante una evaluación cuasi-experimental, este trabajo estudia el impacto de una capacitación tendiente a mejorar las prácticas administrativas y el desempeño de un grupo de micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MiPyME) clientes de una entidad de microfinanzas que opera en Costa Rica...

Este trabajo estima el impacto del acceso a ciertos servicios financieros (descuento de facturas, órdenes de compra, garantías de participación y cumplimiento) en el desempeño de un grupo de micro, pequeñas y medianas empresas (MiPyME) clientes de una entidad de microfinanzas que opera en...