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Date issued:
Jan 2011
One of the greatest financial obstacles facing poor suburban and rural communities in Brazil is lack of access to banking. It's expensive to maintain bank branches there and many commercial…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Uno de los mayores obstáculos financieros que enfrentan las comunidades pobres en zonas rurales y suburbanas de Brasil es la falta de acceso a servicios bancarios. Es caro mantener sucursales…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Almost half the population in rural El Salvador has no readily available drinking water. People dig wells, carry water from streams, or buy it at considerable expense from cistern trucks. Some…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Casi la mitad de la población rural de El Salvador no tiene acceso directo a agua potable. La gente cava pozos, trae agua de los arroyos o compra agua de camiones cisterna a un costo considerable.…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Latin American farmers who grow food on small plots of land are the backbone of the rural economy in the region. Getting food from fields to markets creates many jobs, especially in lower income…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Small producers and micro-entrepreneurs in Bolivia have difficulty increasing their production and competitiveness, as their access to finance and best practices is limited. For the same reason,…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
En Bolivia los pequeños productores y microempresarios tienen dificultades para aumentar su producción y competitividad debido al limitado acceso al financiamiento y a conocimiento de buenas…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Farmland is not the challenge for poor, small growers in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region. Many have access to plots of arable land. Their challenge is getting credit to buy seeds and hire labor to…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
En la región de Santa Cruz en Bolivia el acceso a tierras de cultivo no es un desafío. El reto es conseguir crédito para comprar semillas y contratar mano de obra para cultivar suficientes tierras…
Date issued:
Jan 2011
Los agricultores que cultivan alimentos en pequeñas parcelas son la columna vertebral de la economía en América Latina. El abastecimiento de los alimentos del campo al mercado crea muchos puestos de…