Download or read book Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Augusto de la Torre and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The financial systems of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been widely resilient to the global financial crisis, which reflects strong progress in both macroeconomic management and prudential oversight. However, the current juncture provides a unique tapestry upon which this book examines several key questions and challenges looking forward. Does LAC continue to underperform on some key financial development indicators and, if so, why? How can LAC's financial systems contribute more effectively to the region's welfare and growth? How can LAC secure the benefits of deepening financial development while avoiding the fault lines that recently burst to the surface in other parts of the world?
Download or read book Innovative Financing Instruments in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Pérez Caldentey, Esteban and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of the global financial crisis (2008-2009), the external financing needs of Latin America and the Caribbean increased significantly, reflecting a process of external debt accumulation in all developing regions, exacerbated by the impacts of COVID-19. The region is now the most indebted in the developing world, with a debt profile that makes it highly vulnerable to changes in international lending conditions and to perceptions of risk. This has placed a major constraint on government responses to the COVID-19 emergency and undermines their capacity to build forward better. This document considers two proposals to address these challenges: (i) expand and redistribute liquidity from developed to developing countries through innovative uses of SDRs; and (ii) expand the set of innovative instruments to increase debt repayment capacity and avoid over-indebtedness.
Download or read book Structured Finance in Latin America written by Hela Cheikhrouhou and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rapid accumulation of pension funds assets in Latin America has surpassed the offer of eligible traditional corporate debt securities, contributing to a high concentration of funds investment portfolios on public debt. Authors argue that the introduction of structured finance mechanisms can help to expand the pool of eligible investments by issuing high quality securities that are ultimately linked to loans to small borrowers, mortgage loans or proceeds of infrastructure projects.
Download or read book The Imperative of Innovation written by Juan Carlos Navarro and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, the IDB published The Imperative of Innovation, a survey of the status of science, technology, and innovation in the Latin American and Caribbean region. The regions technological progress was found to be uneven and insufficient, especially in relation to other regions of the world. The main purposes of this document are to present updated information and to introduce some of the new research and policy know-how accumulated in the course of IDB lending and technical assistance operations in science, technology, and innovation. Most of the original diagnostic remains unchanged, mostly in the initial section, although figures have been updated reflecting the most recently available data. The new figures and indicators presented in this edition are derived from the Compendium of science, technology, and innovation indicators compiled by the IDB in late 2010.
Download or read book Caribbean Basin Financing Opportunities written by U.S. Dept. of Commerce. International Trade Administration and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1992-06 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlines over 75 specific financing mechanisms and institutions designed to support domestic and foreign investment and trade in Central America and the Caribbean. Provides business people in all parts of the world with access to the critical information on these financing sources, including basic background, eligibility requirements, application procedures, and key contacts.
Download or read book The Imperative of Innovation written by Inter American Development Bank and published by Inter-American Development Bank. This book was released on 2010-05-13 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document reviews the conditions for innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean and tackles the question of how innovation and technology can contribute to creating increased prosperity in these countries. The document is a contribution from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to the process of policy dialogue and identification of priorities to boost cooperation in science, technology and innovation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean. Europe has historically played a major role in the development of science, technology and higher learning in Latin America and the Caribbean. The aim of this document is to serve as the basis for a discussion of expanded opportunities for collaboration between the two regions.
Download or read book An innovative financing for development agenda for the recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Vereinte Nationen Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 has brought to the fore the need to address the problem of financing for development in middle-income countries, which has been characterized by the increasing decoupling of per capita income and the ability to mobilize domestic and external resources, and the disconnect between economic and social needs and the response of multilateral cooperation. This must be urgently addressed, as Latin American and Caribbean countries must recover from the effects of the pandemic and avoid another lost decade. Middle-income countries, such as those in Latin America and the Caribbean, require multilateral cooperation through the expansion and redistribution of liquidity and debt reduction to enhance their policy space to foster a sustainable recovery and advance their economic and social development. To address these challenges, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) proposes an innovative financing for development agenda for the recovery in the region based on five policy actions: (i) expand and redistribute liquidity from developed to developing countries; (ii) strengthen regional cooperation by enhancing the lending and response capacity of regional, subregional and national financial institutions, and strengthening linkages between them; (iii) carry out institutional reform of the multilateral debt architecture; (iv) expand the set of innovative instruments aimed at increasing debt repayment capacity and avoiding excessive indebtedness and (v) integrate liquidity and debt reduction measures into a development financing strategy aimed at building forward better (Caribbean Resilience Fund).
Download or read book Policy based Finance and Market Alternatives written by Kim B. Staking and published by IDB. This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Dyna Heng and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the state of financial development in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region as well as potential growth and stability implications from further development. The analysis suggests that access to financial institutions has expanded notably in the past decade, and the region compares favorably with other emerging market regions on this dimension. The region, however, continues to lag behind peers on broader financial development, especially with respect to markets, though there is substantial heterogeneity across countries. Financial systems in many LAC countries are also underdeveloped relative to their macroeconomic fundamentals. Further financial development could convey net benefits to the region, provided there is adequate regulatory oversight to prevent excesses.
Download or read book Highways to Heaven written by Ms.Valerie Cerra and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-09-21 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in the region and highlights key areas in which infrastructure networks can be enhanced. The public and private sectors play complementary roles in improving the infrastructure network. Therefore, it is critical to strengthen public investment management processes as well as the regulatory framework, including to ensure an appropriate mix of financing and funding for projects and to address environmental concerns.
Download or read book Excerpt Financial Integration in Latin America written by Mr.Charles Enoch and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyzes the scope and benefits from further regionalization of domestic financial services among Latin American countries. Following the financial crises in the 1980s and early 1990s, Latin Ameri¬can countries opened up their financial markets to foreign participation. This brought in North American and European banks, which were regarded as a source of capital, expertise, and know-how, as well as an opportunity for diversification from domestic shocks. Since the global financial crisis, Latin America has been facing a rapidly changing global financial landscape. Whereas global banks were previously seen as a source of strength, policymakers need to internalize that these banks could now represent a source of weakness for domestic financial systems. Moreover, the region is currently experiencing an important economic adjustment. Rebalancing of growth in China and the end of the commodity super-cycle is putting pressure on fiscal and external sectors in several Latin American economies.
Download or read book Promising Practices in Rural Finance written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Financing Guide written by GTN Business Support Services and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Innovative Financing for Development Agenda for the Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean written by NU. CEPAL. and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction .-- A. First policy action: expand and redistribute liquidity from developed to developing countries .-- B. Second policy action: strengthen regional cooperation by enhancing the lending and response capacity of regional, subregional and national financial institutions,and strengthening linkages with development banks .-- C. The rise in debt and the multilateral response .-- D. Third policy action: carry out institutional reform of the multilateral debt architecture .-- E. Fourth policy action: expand the set of innovative instruments aimed at increasing debt repayment capacity and avoiding excessive indebtedness .-- F. Fifth policy action: integrate liquidity and debt reduction measures into a development financing strategy aimed at building forward better.
Download or read book Beyond Survival written by Truman G. Packard and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beyond Survival' breaks new ground in the ongoing debate about health finance and financial protection from the costs of health care. The evidence and discussion support the need to consider financial protection, in addition to health status, as a policy objective when setting priorities for health systems. This book reviews the Latin American experience with health reform in the last 20 years and the fundamentals of health system financing, using new evidence to show the magnitude and mechanisms that determine the impoverishing effects of health events (diseases, accidents, and those of the life cycle). It provides options for policy makers on how to protect, and help household to protect themselves,against this impoverishment. The authors use empirical evidence from six case studies commissioned for this report, on Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, and Mexico. This book provides policy makers with a solid conceptual basis for decisions on the contents of mandatory health insurance benefit packages, choices of financing mechanisms, and the roles of public policy in this field. 'Beyond Survival' provides an in-depth analysis of, and organizational alternatives for, risk pooling and health insurance for financial protection. It analyzes the urgent need to extend risk pooling to the informal sector, the challenges for current social insurance arrangements, and options for policy makers to effectively extend risk pooling to the informal sector.
Download or read book Financing for Development in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Andrés Franco Vasco and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1990s, the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have joined other developing countries to bring the issue of financing for development to the agenda of the United Nations. Although the discussion had begun earlier in the 1980s, it was not until 1997, when a financial crisis hit many developing countries, that a decision was made to convene an international forum. What is the role and what are the sensitivities and perspectives of LAC in regard to financing for development? This book attempts to provide a comprehensive answer to this question, taking into account the need to prevent external crises in the future, to reduce the vulnerability of the region, to reform the international financial system, and to minimize the social impact of these factors.
Download or read book Financing Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
