Accelerating Business Growth in Patagonia
Potencia Patagonia is a business accelerator that helps entrepreneurs of the Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes regions to grow their businesses by providing training, advisory services and seed capital.
Financial Inclusion for Small Business Owners
Impulsa Tu Empresa (ITE) was the first successful financial inclusion intervention for low-income micro business owners in Chile.
A New Methodology for Teaching Finance
In Nicaragua, Iveth Juárez, a small business owner who processes and sells cereal to the local market, had attended seminars, workshops, courses and training sessions on accounting and finance. But at the end of each session, she always felt the same sense of confusion.
Chilean Business Turns Waste Into Sustainable Incomes
Karina Madariaga began collecting and selling recyclable materials at a young age to add to her family’s income. In 1999, she and nine others who made a living salvaging recyclables decided to a form a collection center called Oreste Plath which they would manage themselves. Their work consisted of…
Chilean Woman Helps Turn Waste Into Sustainable Incomes
In keeping with the International Women’s Day theme, we’d like to share a story about a remarkable Chilean businesswoman who is helping to improve her community.
Beyond Extraction
TechnoServe, Anglo American, and the Inter-American Development Bank are collaborating in a regional public-private partnership to catalyze locally adapted economic development for communities surrounding Anglo American’s mining operations in Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
