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Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains

Navas-Alemán, Lizbeth; Pietrobelli, Carlo; Kamiya, Marco - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

The literature on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) finance highlights linkages with large firms in value chains … implications for SMEs. This paper explores this gap by looking for evidence on the impact of SMEs' access to finance of inter … technologies in Costa Rica), a comparison between the different sources and instruments of finance used by SMEs is presented. A …

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Insurance for the Poor?

Dercon, Stefan; Bold, Tessa; Calvo, César - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

This study was prepared for the Financial Services and Poverty Reduction research project and was presented at the conference with the same name held at Bank headquarters in September of 2004. It first establishes the considerable welfare cost borne by the region's poor when facing uncovered...

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Unlocking SME Finance in Argentina with Psychometrics

Klinger, Bailey; Castro, Lucio; Szenkman, Paula; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

Access to finance remains a challenge for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Argentina. It is a particularly acute … repayment records to determine if psychometric-based credit scoring models could help ameliorate the constraints to SME finance … asymmetry in SME lending, such a tool could help relieve constraints to SME finance in Argentina. …

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The Role of the Primary Mortgage Market in the Development of a Successful Secondary Mortgage Market

Lea, Michael J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2000

This report is one of a series of best practice papers that stem from a regional conference on the development of mortgage securitization held at the IDB. Using Mexico as an example, this paper focuses on the elements of the primary mortgage market that are relevant to establish a secondary...

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Enhancing Access to Finance in the Caribbean

Holden, Paul; Howell, Hunt - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

The purpose of this paper, the fourth chapter in a series of discussion papers on private sector development, is to examine issues that are central to financial market development in the Caribbean region. This report identifies factors that are required for financial markets to function...

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Principles and Practices for Regulating and Supervising Microfinance

Jansson, Tor; Rosales, Ramón; Westley, Glenn D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004

This publication is aimed at bank supervisory authorities interested in or charged with developing a regulatory and supervisory framework for microfinance. It is intended to meet a growing demand for clearly identifiable principles and guidelines on how microfinance can be appropriately...

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