The scenario of microfinance in Latin America against the international financial crisis

Gutierrez Ramirez Enver Dalan and Karel Srnec
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Gutierrez Ramirez Enver Dalan: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
Karel Srnec: Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

Agricultural Economics, 2010, vol. 56, issue 12, 583-590

Abstract: Latin America has very good conditions for microfinance; the macroeconomic growth which Latin America had shown in the recent years created favourable conditions for the microfinance institutions' favorable conditions and its development. Profitability of the microfinance sector presents an attractive market for the financial institutions which already have a have strong position in the market. The purpose of this work is to focus on the current situation and performance of the microfinance sector while identifying some of the reasons that affect the microfinance institutions in this region. The work also provides a view on the microfinance industry development to get a better description of the sector. The microfinance institutions are earning an undeniable importance in the process of the regional development and represent an important factor in the alleviation of poverty and insecurity for large segments of the population. The work is based on information from relevant sources that allow us to identify the current status of microfinance in Latin America, especially in these times when the crisis affects also the region's economic dynamism.

Keywords: Latin America; Mexico; economic deceleration; recession; crisis; poverty; microfinance institutions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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