Crédito en los Mercados Informales y Programas de Microfinanzas: El Caso de Génesis Empresarial - Guatemala

Este documento trata de mostrar en la primera sección algunas características del Sector Informal de Guatemala, en el cual se encuentra la mayoría de población de menores ingresos, incluyendo los propietarios de microempresas y de algunas pequeñas empresas. La segunda sección hace referencia a las Microfinanzas en Guatemala, proveyendo un breve análisis financiero de los principales intermediarios que participan en el sector. En la tercera sección se considera la poca o inexistente regulación para el sector. La cuarta sección considera los resultados y las experiencias en Microfinanzas de Génesis Empresarial, especialmente otorgando créditos, asistencia técnica y administrativa a las microempresas; y crédito, organización comunitaria y asistencia a proyectos deComunidades Rurales.Desarrollo rural, Sector financiero, Microempresas y microfinanciamiento, Crédito en los Mercados Informales y Programas de Microfinanzas. El Caso de Génesis Empresarial - Guatemala (I-41JP)

Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and Asia

This publication is part of a series of books on comparative best practices in social development between Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia undertaken by the Institute for Social Development (INDES) and the Japan Program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). INDES is both a training institute and a forum for the exchange of knowledge; its main goal is to build capacity among decision makers and managers of social programs to improve the impact of economic and social policies in promoting human development and equitable growth in Latin America. The Japan Program established by the IDB and the Government of Japan in 1999, aims to promote the exchange of knowledge and development experience between Japan and the rest of Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The papers included in this volume were discussed at the conference "Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and East Asia"

Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and Asia

This publication is part of a series of books on comparative best practices in social development between Latin America and the Caribbean and East Asia undertaken by the Institute for Social Development (INDES) and the Japan Program of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). INDES is both a training institute and a forum for the exchange of knowledge; its main goal is to build capacity among decision makers and managers of social programs to improve the impact of economic and social policies in promoting human development and equitable growth in Latin America. The Japan Program established by the IDB and the Government of Japan in 1999, aims to promote the exchange of knowledge and development experience between Japan and the rest of Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. The papers included in this volume were discussed at the conference "Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction: Experiences from Latin America and East Asia"