Presentation showing how relatively high salaries in Japan attract Latin American immigrants who seek entrepreneurial opportunities and a better quality of life.

This Annual Report contains a brief summary of the economic situation of Latin America and the Caribbean and a review of the Bank's operations in 2000. In addition, the Report contains a description on a country-by-country basis and a regional basis of the Bank's various operations -loans,...

This Annual Report details the the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2001. In 1988 the Government of Japan (GoJ) created the Japan Special Fund (JSF) to provide financial assistance for the Bank's technical cooperation (TC)...

This Annual Report details the activities of the Japanese Special Fund and the Japanese Trust Fund for Consultancy Services for 2000. In 1988 the Government of Japan (GoJ) created the Japan Special Fund (JSF) to provide financial assistance for the Bank's technical cooperation (TC) activities in...

This Country Program Evaluation (RE-365) covers the period 2003-2008, which was marked by the consequences of Jamaica's financial crisis which had erupted in 1995. During the crisis, the Bank remained the major multilateral partner engaged in the country. However, it underestimated the impact of...

This paper seeks to measure the impact on small businesses in Chile of the Seed Capital Program implemented by Chile's Technical Cooperation Services (Servicio de Cooperación Técnica SERCOTEC). The results are mixed. On the one hand, the impact of sales is positive but its statistical...

This paper presents a synopsis of the current state of the microfinance industry in Latin America. It provides a rough assessment of the achievement and outreach of the industry; it offers revealing information on the financial performance of 20 microfinance institutions; and it outlines some of...

The purpose of this paper is fourfold. First, it seeks to highlight the general characteristics of the microenterprise sector and the microfinance industry in the Anglophone Caribbean. Second, it will examine the main factors that help explain the differences in the development of sustainable...