Access to adequate start-up capital has been identified as an important deterrent to microenterprise development and growth. Using firm level data from Mexico's National Survey of Microenterprises, we estimate a stochastic frontier production function with inefficiency effects related to the...

In this paper we address the impact, viability, and efficacy of microfinance on Pulperías (in-home convenience stores), a sector that comprises up to one-third of the microfinance loan market in Central America, in a single research locale. Numerous and extensive in-person surveying (N=279)...

Utilizing a unique sample of 253 microenterprise border retailers from El Paso, Texas, this paper explores the possibility of cash payment from cross-border shoppers using Mexican pesos. We find that one-fifth of microenterprise retailers in El Paso accept payment in Mexican pesos. Increased...