To enhance private sector development and increase the impact of Private Sector Development (PSD) Strategy Projects, there is a need for a comprehensive program that will link business climate reforms to cluster development initiatives and to improvements at the firm level. To develop such an...

Logistics is becoming a critical element of competitiveness and economic performance both in itself and within the context of increasing globalization. Most Latin American and Caribbean countries are focusing on export-led growth strategies. For such strategies to succeed, a key component is an...

Presentation delivered during the Tercer Encuentro Técnico de Capacitación en Materia de Estructuración de Proyectos de Asociación Público Privada, celebrated in Mérida, Yucatán, México, during February 20, 21, and 22. The goals that are being set for this Cluster are improving the...

This report presents the results of a comparative study of entrepreneurship in Latin America and East Asia. It focuses on the process of creation of new companies. That process is analyzed at three different stages: inception of the entrepreneurial venture, company start-up, and its early...

This Compete Caribbean project is a precursor to the proposed "Competitive Caribbean" initiative. This brief identifies and collates a summary of the details relating to as many formal and informal cluster initiatives in the 15 CARIFORUM countries that can be identified within the resources...

The objectives of the evaluation are to assess Opportunities for the Majority (OMJ)'s relevance vis-à-vis its mandate, its effectiveness in achieving development goals, its efficiency in delivering products, and the sustainability of both projects and the "business model" supported by the...

This sector note presents an analysis of the private sector participation in Trinidad and Tobago. It also comments about the progress of the Bank's operations related to funding for private equity investment; development of business capabilities and improvements in the business climate....