Globalization trends require that the LAC region create sound financial systems, competitive markets, an efficient public sector, and an effective infrastructure and regulatory framework. Therefore, MIF must sufficiently focus its operations to maximize development impact.

This analysis outlines current trends and issues regarding the Latin American and Caribbean remittance markets and provides a statistical summary of its size, its demographic characteristics, and its economic impact.

This document was commissioned by the Natural Disaster Network of the Regional Policy Dialogue for the IV Hemispheric Meeting celebrated on February 26th and 27th, 2004.

As entrepreneurs explore markets abroad, migrant workers driven by family values search abroad for comparative advantages. The challenge is to provide adequate financial infrastructure for families to use remittances more effectively.

This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.

The primary objective of this document is to put forward standard definitions for the selected financial terms, and suggest a standard method of calculating certain financial ratios. This section defines certain key financial accounts used by MFIs. The definitions are provided in two main...

The Bank has prepared a new set of strategies, presented in this volume, for the two overarching objectives established (Sustainable Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction and Promotion of Social Equity) and for each of the four priority areas highlighted in the Institutional Strategy...

This paper describes the dynamic, weighted model on the microfinance business environment, built by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported with financing and advice by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Andean Development Corporation (Corporación Andina de Fomento, CAF).