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Date issued:
Jan 2010
Microenterprise and small business companies account for 59 percent of El Salvador's work force and 49 percent of the nation's gross domestic product. Yet the vast majority of these firms,…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
Las microempresas y las pequeñas empresas representan el 59 por ciento de la fuerza laboral de El Salvador y el 49 por ciento de su producto bruto interno. Sin embargo, una amplia mayoría de esas…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
Throughout Latin America low-income neighborhoods have difficulty in paving city streets. Municipalities are typically short of funds, and many informal urban settlements have not yet been properly…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
En toda América Latina a los barrios de bajos ingresos se les dificulta pavimentar sus calles. Las municipalidades típicamente tienen escasos fondos, y muchos asentamientos urbanos informales todavía…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
The nongovernmental organization Global Partnerships is redefining microfinance. Moving beyond the concept of microloans as working capital, it aims to achieve greater impact in reducing poverty by…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
La organización no gubernamental Global Partnerships está redefiniendo las microfinanzas. Con un concepto del microcrédito que supera el de proveer capital de trabajo, pretende tener mayor impacto en…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
El Salvador has developed a unique and sustainable financial business model that enables low-income consumers to improve and expand their homes by mobilizing resources from both the public and…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
El Salvador ha creado un modelo de negocio financiero original y sostenible que permite al consumidor de bajos ingresos mejorar y ampliar una casa ya existente, movilizando recursos de los sectores…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
Small, family-run grocery stores, known as tiendas de abarrotes, are essential for supplying basic goods and services in thousands of low-income rural communities in Mexico.These stores are…
Date issued:
Jan 2010
Las pequeñas tiendas familiares, que solemos llamar tiendas de abarrotes, son esenciales para el suministro de bienes y servicios básicos en un sinnúmero de comunidades rurales de bajos ingresos en…