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Decentralization Empowers Local Technical Staff: Sida's Catalytic Role in Forming a Stakeholder-led Microfinance Network in Nicaragua

Connecting technically skilled personnel with local specialists improves Nicaragua's microfinance
Damjanov, I., CGAP
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Housing Microfinance: Policy Recommendations for Sida's Programs

This paper discusses the lessons learnt from Sida's global experience in housing microfinance
Daphnis, F., Faulhaber, I., SIDA
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Developing Housing Microfinance Products in Central America

Can microfinance institutions provide good housing finance products?
Shumann, R., Accion International
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Making Sense of the Commercialization of Microfinance in Latin America: Lessons for Nicaragua

What could Nicaragua learn from the experience of its peers?
Lanuza, P., St. Antony's College
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Attracting Remittances: Practices to Reduce Costs and Enable a Money Transfer Environment

Presenting best practices for attracting remittances
Orozco, M., Inter-American Development Bank
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Upgrading in Clusters and Value Chains in Latin America: The Role of Policies

What are the policy requirements to promote small and medium enterprises in Latin America?
Pietrobelli,C., Rabellotti, R., Inter-American Development Bank
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Microfinance in the Caribbean

How to improve microfinance performance in the Caribbean?
de Bourg, C., MICROFIN Caribbean, Caribbean Microfinance Alliance
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Responding to Financial Crisis: Better Off Without the IMF? The Case of Jamaica

Lesson's from Jamaica’s management of its financial crisis in the 1990s for developing countries
Kirkpatrick, C., Tennant, D., Institute for Development Policy and Management - University of Manchester
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Jamaica: The Banking Act

Regulation of banking institutions in Jamaica
Bank of Jamaica
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Jamaica: The Building Societies Act

Provisions governing the incorporation of Building Societies of Jamaica
Bank of Jamaica