Secured Transactions

Documentary Video

Reform of domestic laws to create a modernized secured transactions regime can lead to improved access to credit. How? By enabling the use of non-traditional assets (i.e., goods other than land, such as inventory (including livestock and crops), equipment, accounts receivable, intellectual property), this expands the range of collateral that can be used to access credit by those who need it most.

Nevertheless, this connection between secured transactions law reform and improved access to credit is not well understood. To explain that connection, the Department produced this video documentary, based on the secured transactions law reform project carried out in El Salvador.