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Editor-in-Chief

Marguerite Berger

Managing Editor
Maria Lucia Lloreda

Editorial Board
Peter Bate, Rafael Guardans, Tor Jansson, Marc Labie, Fernando Lucano, Beatriz Marulanda, Alvaro Ramirez, Alicia Ritchie, Jorge Roldan, Antonio Vives

Translation
Elisabeth Lehnhoff
Patricia Ardila

Sponsorships
Maria Lucia Lloreda

Circulation Manager
Mariela Semidey

Design and Production
The Magazine Group

President
Richard Creighton

Art Director
Stephen Vann

Production Manager
Adriana Guevara

MicroEnterprise Americas is published by the Inter-American Forum on Microenterprise, an annual event organized by the Inter-American Development Bank; Enrique V. Iglesias, President. The Inter-American Development Bank is not responsible for the editorial content of MicroEnterprise Americas; the views expressed in the articles are those of the authors.

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MicroEnterprise Americas magazine (PDF)

MicroEnterprise Americas aims to fill the gap between general business publications that cater to the corporate world, and specialized technical publications that reach only a narrow audience. Along with the latest developments in microbusiness in Latin America and the Caribbean, the magazine covers business leaders; advances in products, services, and technology; and the industry of service providers for micro and small businesses. It looks at how microenterprises survive and grow.

Features

Initial Public Offering (1,300 Kb)
Editors's Letter

Leaders (357 Kb)
Pierre-Marie Boisson,
Microfinance from the ground up
Pilar Ramirez,
Social entrepreneur

Microfinance Comes of Age (2,361 Kb)
Investment funds: Doing well by doing good
Improve your credit analysis
Rating agencies put microlenders under the microscope

Tough Enough (1,064 Kb)
Microfinance defies recession in Latin America

The Big-Country Enigma (769 Kb)
Why microfinance is microscopic in big countries

Business Tactics, Social Results (605Kb)
Partnerships with the private sector help low-income communities get back on their feet

Moving Up (940 Kb)
Business services help micros grow

Trial by Fire (1,042 Kb)
Award-winning Colombian microlender thrives despite violence, recession

Connections (395 Kb)
Spain reaches out to Latin America microentrepreneurs

Small Business, Big Success (435 Kb)
Inside microenterprise

Banking (588 Kb)
Making the leap to regulation
Progress in hard times
Building new financial networks

Business Services (204 Kb)
Attaining independence

In Closing (362 Kb)
Enrique V. Iglesias
A commitment to microenterprise



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