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10 Aug 17
Argentina needs further reforms to boost productivity and competitiveness of the economy, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has identified.
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8 Aug 17
Nearly all Latin American and Caribbean countries will record a small positive rate of economic growth this year, the United Nations Latin America Commission has said in its annual report.
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7 Aug 17
The World Bank has issued Mexico with catastrophe bonds worth $360m to protect in against financial losses from earthquakes and tropical cyclones.
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7 Aug 17
Belize must make long-term plans to gain the greatest benefit from and protect its natural resources, the executive vice president of the Inter-American Development Bank has stressed, following an...
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3 Aug 17
Venezuela could pull itself out of its present economic catastrophe if it re-engaged with international financial institutions and restructured its debt, a paper published by the World Economic Forum...
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28 Jul 17
Campaigners have called on members of the US House of Representatives to ensure better access to federal healthcare programmes for residents of Puerto Rico.
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21 Jul 17
Argentina to enhance its early years education provision by using a $200m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).
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21 Jul 17
The European Union is to support rural development projects in Colombia as part of efforts to ensure that the country’s peace deal holds between the government and former guerrillas.
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19 Jul 17
Mineral-rich countries in South America, Africa and Asia have an opportunity to prosper from the ongoing boom in low-carbon energy technologies, a World Bank study has found.
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4 Jul 17
Suriname is to receive a $40m investment loan to help it increase tax revenue and improve its public spending.
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20 Jun 17
Argentina has issued a surprise 100-year bond, raising $2.75bn and prompting $9.75bn in orders from investors with apparently large appetite for Argentine debt.
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2 Jun 17
Brazil has emerged from the worst recession in its history, reporting instead its fastest growth rate in nearly four years.
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31 May 17
Goldman Sachs’ purchase of $2.8bn in bonds from the Venezuelan government has sparked criticism from opposition politicians, who have accused the bank of “loansharking” and providing a financial...
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30 May 17
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17 May 17
How the small island territory of Puerto Rico found itself at the centre of the US’s biggest ever public bankruptcy process, and why this might not be enough to solve the island’s problems for good
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4 May 17
Patchy transparency in Brazil has compromised the effectiveness of the country’s fiscal policies, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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26 Apr 17
The Mexican economy alone could lose almost $30bn as a result of the “double burden” of obesity and undernutrition, with billions more at risk in other nations across the region.
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10 Apr 17
At least $2.7bn worth of property in Brazil’s São Paulo is owned via secretive companies registered in offshore jurisdictions, an investigation by Transparency International has found.
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10 Apr 17
The Zika epidemic could cost Latin America and the Caribbean $18bn by 2018, an analysis by the United Nations Development Programme has found.
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4 Apr 17
Almost all Caribbean nations have adopted IPSAS or are in the process of doing so, according to a recent study.
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3 Apr 17
Venezuela’s supreme court has revoked a recent ruling that would have stripped the country’s legislature of its powers, it was announced at the weekend.
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24 Mar 17
The Latin America and Caribbean region continued to close its tax gap with others in 2015, rebuffing the impact of the collapse in commodity prices on revenues, the OECD has found.
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15 Mar 17
Latin America and the Caribbean should focus on boosting regional economic integration to drive growth, the World Bank has recommended.
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7 Mar 17
The United Nations has called for $2.7bn to support the recovery of Haiti, which suffered widespread damage during Hurricane Matthew six months ago.
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24 Feb 17
Mexico’s sugar tax has reduced consumption of sugary drinks for the second year in a row, knocking industry claims that the tax would lose its effect after the first year.