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Argidius Foundation supports small and mediumsized enterprises to improve the quality of life of the population living in poverty by promoting entrepreneurship ecosystems that involve strategic partners. To this end, Argidius has supported Thriive (in Guatemala), an organization that provides institutional strengthening and equipment acquisition services to small and medium-sized enterprises, under a “repay the community” model.

The Entrepreneurship Database Program collects information from entrepreneurs when they apply to accelerator programs. These entrepreneurs, both those selected and not selected, are then surveyed annually to gather valuable follow-up data. This report summarizes application data collected from ventures operating in Central America that applied to participating accelerator programs between 2013 and 2018.

This case study gives advice to impact investors and investees on new and emerging methods to strengthen their impact measurement practices. The case tracks the WDI team as it pilot-tested a new impact measurement framework with three social enterprises in Nicaragua, Brazil and Peru. The case also provides recommendations to improve the impact measurement practices of investors, as well as the enterprises they support.

Este documento presenta un mapeo del ecosistema de emprendimiento en Guatamela en donde se identifican las organizaciones que están trabajando, las oportunidades para impulsar el emprendimiento y posibles aliados.

Esta investigación presenta casos en Guatemala, Bolivia, Perú, y Sudáfrica en los que se construyeron alianzas que desarrollaron formar innovadoras en la prestación de servicios básicos a las personas de la base de la pirámide.

In 2012, Aseguradora Rural registered the first approved health microinsurance product in Guatemala, sold through its partner, a large, trusted bank network. As highlighted in Case Brief #1, it has been able to leverage clients´ trust in the bank to grow quickly. Now it is tackling the challenge of ensuring understanding and use of the product on an equally large scale.

Este informe presenta los resultados de la alianza AGEXPORT y la U.S. Agency for International Development en el empoderamiento económico de pequeñas y medianas empresas rurales de Guatemala a través de la generación de empleos, el encadenamiento productivo, acceso a mercados y generación de oferta productiva.

The aim of Research Paper #5 was to extend analysis on a randomized evaluation of voluntary health insurance in Managua, Nicaragua. The paper presents evidence that this insurance product did not increase wasteful consumption: children who were insured but not sick at the beginning of the study reported fewer visits to all providers than those who were uninsured but not sick. Importantly, this insurance product did result in some targeting towards less healthy children, as those who were sick at the beginning of the study reported significantly more visits to all providers, including covered providers. The researchers also present retention results where they find that only 6 percent of those insured were retained 18 months after subsidies were no longer available. Lastly, they present some descriptive statistics of diagnoses at health centres and costs to discuss the implications of the main burdens of disease.

Este documento desarrolla en una primera instancia el concepto de las microfinanzas y su relación en el desarrollo de cadenas de valor, y en segunda instancia, lo ejemplifica a través del ejemplo del Fondo de Desarrollo Local en Nicaragua en el sector ganadero.

This case study looks at the growth and opportunities of the tourism field in Nicaragua and specifically in the South-western region; and how the private bank BAC-Credomatic in Nicaragua decided to develop an inclusive business which allows low-income citizens to increase their market participation; while also responding to the financing needs of tourism micro, small and medium enterprises.