TY  - GEN
AU  - Kiguel, Miguel A.
AU  - Levy Yeyati, Eduardo
AU  - Galindo, Arturo
AU  - Panizza, Ugo
AU  - Miller, Margaret
AU  - Rojas-Suárez, Liliana
AU  - Bebczuk, Ricardo N.
AU  - López-de-Silanes, Florencio
AU  - Bernal, Olver
AU  - Auerbach, Paula
AU  - Chong, Alberto E.
AU  - Mandalaoui, Carolina
AU  - Izquierdo, Alejandro
AU  - Kamil, Herman
AU  - Demaestri, Edgardo C.
AU  - Loboguerrero, Ana María
AU  - Cowan, Kevin
AU  - Rodríguez-Clare, Andrés
AU  - Fergusson, Leopoldo
AU  - Micco, Alejandro
AU  - Powell, Andrew
AU  - Suárez, Gustavo
AU  - Lora, Eduardo
AU  - Stein, Ernesto H.
AU  - Studart, Rogerio
TI  - Unlocking Credit: The Quest for Deep and Stable Bank Lending. Economic and Social Progress in Latin America. 2005 Report
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/04/26
DO  - 10.18235/0012527
AB  - Credit supplied by the banking sector is the most important funding source for firms and households in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Unfortunately, credit is scarce, costly and volatile.  Without deep and stable credit markets, the region will be hard pressed to achieve high and sustainable growth rates and combat poverty.  Given the importance of banking to growth and prosperity, the Inter-American Development Bank has made this sector the focus of its 2005 Report on Economic and Social Progress in Latin America.  The Report analyzes the three main characteristics of bank credit--scarcity, expense and volatility--and makes policy recommendations.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.18235/0012527
ER  -