Each issue of the quarterly newsletter of the IFC Office for Advisory Services in Latin America and the Caribbean features articles on program areas and/or projects, as well as updates on the office's progress and events.
Highlights
Newsletter - June 2007
IFC Launches the Municipal Scorecard 2007 Report
The report aims at promoting municipal reforms that help reduce the regulatory burden and improve the business climate in Latin AmericaFour Key Steps to Simplying Business Regulation in Honduras
Creating Shared Value in Coffee Production in Central America and Mexico: The ECOM-Nestle Supply Chain
IFC has recently signed a cooperation agreement with ECOM and Nestle to implement an advisory project that will help about 8,000 coffee farmers increase production.
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Current Edition
February 2007
The Four Key Steps to Simplying Business Regulation in Honduras
Removing the appropriate bottlenecks will reduce the number of days to issue an operating license from 35 to 3
Better Urban Planning, Improved Citizen Safety and Access to Credit: Benefits of Simplying Procedures to Obtain a Construction Permit
IFC and the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) partnership for reform is already realizing successful results
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Past Editions
November 2006
- Municipal Capacity Building Enhances Local Benefits from Mining: IFC has helped the municipality of Los Baños del Inca to boost public works financed by tax-sharing from mining operations.
- Win-Win Business Partnerships: Enhancing Local Benefits in Peru's Cuzco Sacred Valley: IFC and Peru Orient Express Hotels and Peru Rail (POEH/PR) collaborated in a pilot project to create successful commercial links between the com¬pany and local producers and service providers.
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August 2006
- Access to Finance for Economic Inclusion: TheTA office is working with microfinance institutions (MFIs) to strengthen their ability to serve MSMEs; is supporting the development of financial leasing markets; and, is focusing on enhancing credit bureaus to enable lower income individuals to establish accurate credit history and be charged interest rates commensurate with risk.
- Improving SME Access to Finance in Nicaragua: TheTA office is supporting FINDESA’s transformation to a commercial bank, providing a more sustainable and effective model for microfinance institutions in Latin America.
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April 2006
- Improving International Market Access via Better Forestry: IFC TA office has helped Nicaraguan businesses and forest communities to increase certified lumber exports and bring 27% of national forests under sustainable management.
- A Progressive Approach to Forestry in Bolivia: TheTA office assisted local wood sector small and medium enterprises in Bolivia in creating a new business plan, financial model, and balanced scorecard to enhance their financial transparency and organization.
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January 2006
- The Simpler Path: Cutting Red Tape in Lima: Business Enabling Environment (BEE) assisted Lima’s municipal government to simplify procedures for business registration.
- Simplifying Business Regulations in Nicaragua... In Triplicate: Business Enabling Environment (BEE) working with Nicaragua's Granada, León, and Masaya to simplify municipal procedures for obtaining operating licenses.
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October 2005
- IFC Supports Sustainability of Minera Yanacocha’s Mine: Enhancing Local Benefits program (ELB) in Peru’s Cajamarca region aids local governments in channeling revenues from gold mine into infrastructure investments.
- Best Practices in Supply Chain Development: Enhancing Local Benefits program (ELB) maps small and medium enterprises supplier/distributor development programs in Colombia to distill best practices from case studies.
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July 2005
- Integrating Technical Assistance with the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Strategy
- Enhancing Local Benefits (ELB): Working with IFC clients and the communities in which they operate to deepen the local impact of IFC investments.
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