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dc.titleCaribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 11, Issue 2: Finance for Firms: Options for Improving Access and Inclusion
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Henry
dc.contributor.authorRosenblatt, David
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Monique
dc.contributor.authorRichardson, Natasha
dc.contributor.authorAcevedo, María Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorClayton, Khamal
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz de Mendívil, Cloe
dc.contributor.authorGauto, Victor
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2022-07-27T10:07:00
dc.date.issue2022-07-27T00:07:00
dc.description.abstractThis edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly (Q2-2022) is a collaboration between the IDBs Caribbean Country Department and IDB Invest, which focuses on firms access to finance. The report begins by considering both the nature and history of the regions financial sector development, highlighting key measures of financial access and adequacy. It then leverages enterprise survey data developed by the Compete Caribbean partnership to assess legacy and emerging challenges facing firms from across the region, including those owned and/or operated by women. Newly available data from 2020 are compared with a previous vintage of the surveys from 2014, providing important insights into how circumstances have evolved, especially considering the COVID-19 shock. The analysis suggests that: (i) financial sectors and firms across the Caribbean face outsized challenges, particularly when compared to peers across the globe; (ii) the COVID-19 crisis appears to have further constrained access to finance; (iii) smaller firms appear to face more significant hurdles than larger ones; and, (iv) women-owned and/or operated firms face more severe challenges with respect to financial access than other firms across the region. Policies and reforms with the potential to improve financial development, access, and inclusion are highlighted, as well as successful examples of IDB support and collaboration in related areas across the Latin American and Caribbean region.
dc.format.extent81
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004392
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Economics-Quarterly-Volume-11-Issue-2-Finance-for-Firms-Options-for-Improving-Access-and-Inclusion.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectBank Loan
dc.subjectFinancial Market
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectDemand Shock
dc.subjectEconomic Policy
dc.subjectEconomic Recession
dc.subjectEconomic Recovery
dc.subjectFinance
dc.subjectFinancial Risk
dc.subjectFinancial Sector
dc.subject.jelcodeD22 - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
dc.subject.jelcodeE44 - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy
dc.subject.jelcodeE52 - Monetary Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeG10 - General Financial Markets: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG20 - Financial Institutions and Services: General
dc.subject.jelcodeG30 - Corporate Finance and Governance: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL25 - Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
dc.subject.jelcodeO16 - Financial Markets • Saving and Capital Investment • Corporate Finance and Governance
dc.subject.jelcodeO43 - Institutions and Growth
dc.subject.keywordsCaribbean;Economy;Enterprise Data;Economic Development and Growth
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00367
idb.operationRG-P1812
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