Micro and Small Enterprises in Latin America

by Levitsky, Jacob; Mikkelsen, Lene; Nakamura, Keisuke

• ISBN13: 9781853395284
• ISBN10: 1853395285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Practical Action Pub

Summary

The publication starts with a general introduction to the role of business development services and the principles of good practice in this field and this is followed by chapters dealing with such subjects as: Voucher Programs for Training, the use of Matching Grants and the review of the Constancy and Training Market in Argentina.The book includes descriptions of a variety of case studies from Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Peru and some covering general experiences in the region and in various parts of the continent. This section reviews experience in the provision of services in marketing, technology, information and the setting up and operation of business centers. Chapters are included on the process of networks through the clustering of small enterprises in various countries.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Contributors	ix
List of Acronyms	xi
PART I, INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Principles of good practice in business development services	1	(16)
Alan Gibson
PART II, THE MARKET FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Training vouchers: a tool for market development in Paraguay	17	(16)
Lara Goldmark
Gabriel Schor
The Argentine matching grant programme	33	(7)
Mariluz Cortes
Sonia Plaza
The consultancy and training services market for small and medium enterprises in Argentina	40	(15)
Pablo Angelelli
Francisco Gatto
Gabriel Yoguel
PART III, EXPERIENCES OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN LATIN AMERICA
Promoting networks of small enterprises in Latin America	55	(12)
Marco Dini
John Humphrey
Sustainability in the marketing of handicrafts in Nicaragua	67	(9)
Tamara Pereira
Market-based services for microenterprises in Ecuador	76	(9)
Antonio Lanusse
The Business Information Service in Bolivia	85	(10)
Gary Montano Hernandez
Review of export development services for small firms	95	(12)
Cressida S. McKean
Swisscontact's business centre approach in Peru	107	(24)
Juan H. Hagnauer
Cecilia Rivera
Jose A. Valcarcel
PART IV, THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
The experience of Corporacion de Fomento in Chile	131	(14)
Gonzalo Rivas G.
Review of business services and local economic development	145	(11)
Francisco Alburquerque
The role of private partnership and public agencies in the Sinos Valley, Brazil	156	(6)
Hubert Schmitz
Public-private partnerships in local development in Argentina	162
Omar A. Perotti