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20 YEARS CAF CONFERENCE 1997-2016

Event reports

20 YEARS CAF CONFERENCE 1997-2016

Over these two decades, the Annual CAF Conference has been one of the settings for the unfolding of this story. Presidents, ministers, former heads of state, senior officials of international organizations, business leaders, prominent political analysts, journalists, and academics have recounted their experiences, exchanged points of view, and shared the lessons learned during this journey. Conceived to foster ideas for sustainable development with social inclusion in the region, deepen its integration, and promote its relations with the rest of the world, these gatherings have provided a forum for open and pluralistic debate for 20 years. Year after year, the conference has been expanded, refined and it has consolidated its position in the international sphere. New discussion topics have been introduced at the gathering, which has grown in terms of the number of participants and the extent of its influence. The Annual CAF Conference is recognized today as the most important forum for debate on our region in Washington, a platform for reflection that has brought global visibility to Latin America, its people, and their ideas.

40 Initiatives for Sustainable Development

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40 Initiatives for Sustainable Development

CAF has been a key instrument in the development of our region. The 40 initiatives for sustainable development presented in the following pages show some of the achievements made possible through the efforts and contributions of many individuals and institutions, and particularly through the support of CAF’s shareholder countries. With this publication we want to share our vision of Latin America’s potential and invite you to contribute to this history-in-the-making, until Latin America can assume its rightful place on the world stage. In 2010, CAF commemorates its fortieth anniversary with eighteen countries and fourteen regional private banks as its shareholders. CAF continues committed to its mission of achieving sustainable development and regional integration in Latin America.
Anual Report 2023

Annual reports

Anual Report 2023

In the midst of a challenging panorama, CAF - development bank of Latin America and the Caribbean - continues to consolidate itself as the green bank and the bank for sustainable and inclusive growth in the region, improving the quality of life of its people. It does so through high-impact environmental solutions, a determined push for regional integration and work in coordination with national and subnational governments. It also supports private sector action in development and the consolidation of strategic alliances. CAF is today a dynamic, reliable, highly reputed and constantly expanding institution; an agile and timely partner. A platform that amplifies the voice of the region in the most important discussion stages worldwide. In 2023, it continued with the transformation process that has allowed it to go from being a subregional cooperative focused on the countries of the Andean community, to becoming a multilateral financial organization with regional scope with global projection.
Banking Services Supply and Micro Firm Performance: Evidence from Colombia

Working papers in socioeconomic research

Banking Services Supply and Micro Firm Performance: Evidence from Colombia

This paper uses a dataset of a survey of Colombian micro firms from 2003 to 2007 in combination with data from publicly available sources about banking services supply at the municipality level, to assess the impact of the availability of banking services on micro firms performance. We find a positive and statistically significant correlation between banking services supply targeted to micro firms and firm size measured by sales, firm labor productivity and firm capital to labor ratios, and a nil correlation with employment, suggesting improved access to credit has resulted in micro firms’ transit to more capitalintensive technologies. This result is robust to alternative empirical specifications. Also, policies to extend microcredit access to the smaller informal micro firms appear to have been successful in promoting their growth. Finally, microcredit availability at the local level does not appear to have a positive impact on formalization. On the contrary, more flexible requirements to access financing, seem to be a counter incentive for formalization.

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Tech Talks with CAF

CAF Voices

Over the course of 10 episodes, various expert voices will guide you on a journey through the possibilities offered by technological innovation to improve governments and economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This show is part of CAF Voices, a series of podcasts where you can learn more about all the key issues for CAF and the region.

Document types

A collection of applications that allow, through an interface, to consult and/or manipulate data stored on a server.
They are publications oriented to the dissemination of specific contents under a unified title. They are published at regular intervals and have a numerical or chronological series.
Publications by CAF in collaboration with other banks and institutions.
They are sets of publications that share the same subject, style, format and distinctive characteristics, gathered under a common title. They are of unique publication.
Mostly technical and specialized documents (surveys, policy briefs, papers).
A set of technical and training resources that seek to standardize and facilitate the implementation of sustainable practices in various contexts. It includes guides, manuals, methodologies and audiovisual materials related to energy efficiency, green business, the CAF Green Program and evaluation systems.

Annual publications. These report on the bank's activities, programmes, goals, results, financial aspects, and sustainability results and actions.

Category that brings together various visual and written resources developed with the purpose of communicating, informing and promoting activities, initiatives and knowledge. Includes event reports, presentations, videos, infographics, brochures and catalogs of CAF art exhibitions.

Periodical documents, sometimes under a unified title and with a numerical or chronological series.