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Ebook Agricultural Credit Card Innovation: The Case of Financiera Trisan

Submitted by antoq on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 07:55

The purpose of this paper is to analyze a program that extends credit cards to agricultural input suppliers and rural producers in Costa Rica and to determine whether this program is financially viable and potentially replicable in other rural areas of Latin America.

A credit card program is very innovative and unusual for a rural setting. Normally, credit cards have been promoted in urban areas with business firms and salaried employees who have steady cash flows. Credit cards in rural areas are not as common because potential clients, especially agricultural producers, have more seasonal and uncertain monthly cash flows. This paper seeks specifically (1) to recount the genesis of an agricultural credit card program (section 2); (2) to describe the product, the typical client, and service delivery methodology section 3); (3) to analyze the financial performance of this product (section 4); and (4) to conclude with outstanding challenges facing the expansion and aplication of the product (sections 5 and 6).

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PDF Ebook Barber Conable At The World Bank : New Hope For World Economlc Growth

Submitted by antoq on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 02:12

Ronald Reagan is nominating former Congressman Barber Conable, the New York Republican, to be the new president of the World Bank. Conable takes over an institution which has strayed far from its. original purpose of promoting private sector growth. however, have enormous power within the organization to reform World Bank operations to make them more effective and more consistent with Reagan's philosophy of aiding the developing world primarily through the private sector.

Conable could, for example, appoint staff committed to fostering market-oriented policies. He should reestablish the sound banking practice that loans are made to encourage growth and development and use the Bank's leverage to'nudge recipient countries toward free market policies. And by opposing a suggested $40 billion increase in the Bank's general capital, Conable could force the Bank to use its resources more effectively.

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Ebook Overweight and Obesity Strategy for South Gloucestershire 2006-2008

Submitted by puput on Sat, 10/10/2009 - 04:41

Preventing the rise in overweight and obesity for both children and adults is an urgent priority. Obesity reduces life expectancy on average by 9 years and is responsible for 30,000 deaths a year in England, of which 9000 are premature deaths. Overweight and obesity increases the risk of a wide range of diseases and illnesses including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers.

This document describes a strategy for monitoring the levels of overweight and obesity, preventing obesity and managing overweight and obesity among children and adults in South Gloucestershire. It includes the rationale and policy framework to support the strategy, which has been developed with contributions from a range of partners. Together they have contributed to mapping current activities and services, helped to identify gaps in service provision and highlighted key actions for effective service delivery.

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