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The 2014 installment of the World Map of Microinsurance program's landscape studies focuses on the Latin America and the Caribbean region.

USAID’s HIFIVE program, led by WOCCU and FHI 360, has partnered with caisse populaire SOCOLAVIM to support the credit union to tackle critical barriers to expanding access to finance in the Artibonite department of Haiti.  This success story explores how SOCOLAVIM with the support of HIFIVE was able to interconnect all of SOCOLAVIM’s branches by investing in information and communication technology (ICT).

Mangos are Haiti’s largest agricultural export, topping over $10 million in sales per year. Not surprisingly, exporters prefer to work with suppliers who can provide large volumes of mangos at consistent quality. This preference makes it difficult for small producers to participate in the lucrative mango export market. Individually, “very poor” producers in Haiti’s Central Plateau do not produce mangos at a large enough volume to supply exporters directly. Thus, market limitations have a prohibitive effect on the income of very poor producers.

In the last decade, some insurance associations (IAs) have expanded beyond their traditional core functions to develop insurance consumer education (ICE) programmes.

The following success story documents the second Foire d’Opportunité Finaciere et Economique or Financial and Economic Opportunities Trade Fair held by the Haiti Integrated Finance for Value Chains and Enterprises (HIFIVE) project in Saint-Marc February 20-21, 2014.

Remittances provide a critical source of income for hundreds of thousands of Honduran households. Honduran migrants sent over $2.96 billion in remittances in 2012, accounting for 15.7 percent of the country’s GDP. This FIELD Report explores the role of remittances along Honduras’ Corredor Seco (“Dry Corridor”), a geographic region in Western and Southern Honduras stretching from Guatemala to Nicaragua along the El Salvador border.

The Cooperative of Planters of Coffee from the District of Belle-Anse-Thiotte (COOPCAB) in rural Haiti were able to improve their exports both in quantity and quality after receiving a loan that was made possible by a grant from the HIFIVE project to two local financial institutions. With support from these financial institutions, COOPCAB was able to dramatically increase exports and achieve positive results in international markets.  

This success story documents the story of an entrepreneur in rural Haiti who was able to obtain a loan and subsequently saw his income increase when the credit union Caisse Populaire Fraternité (CPF) opened a new branch in Plaine-du-Nord, Haiti in November 2012 with financial help from the USAID-funded HIFIVE project.

This brief discusses how an innovative partnership model in the Eastern Caribbean helped youth kick-start their business ideas.

This paper summarizes the findings of a learning initiative to study the integration of Savings Groups (SGs) and other developmental activities.

This FIELD Brief discusses how PRODEL is engaging anchor firms in Ecuador to help multiply results for low-income populations.

This issue features an analysis of Cuba, Western Union’s thoughts on public-private partnerships, and new research on how skilled migrants promote home country development.

USAID’s HIFIVE program launched a Business Plan Competition in Haiti, known locally as Mon Enterprise Mon Avenir.

How cash transfer progammes targeting children in poor households are an effective way of reducing poverty.

Analysis of the relationships existing between clustering, global value chains, upgrading and innovation in Latin America.

Analyzes the SME upgrading process in the context of clusters and value chains as well as in different economic sectors.

Description of the research approach used in the AMAP BDS Guatemala Country Study.