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What We Learned 2015 Economic and Market Outlook Speaker: Luis Secco, Economist and Consultant, Perspectivas Económicas Newsletter Key Points: Net international reserves are not the headline $33 billion but closer to $10.2 billion (as of ...
A leader is someone who has the ability to make others do things, produce a desired result. He or she is not a person who performs astonishing feats by themselves. That type of person could ...
Latin America is the world’s fastest aging region. According to the UN’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 40 years from now the number of Latin Americans over 60 years old will ...
| By Jorge Becerra and Martin Reeves | Few imagined that Natura, the Brazilian cosmetics company, would become a world leader in its sector less than two decades after innovating in key elements of ...
| By Jorge Rosenblut | Just five years ago Latin America was the talk of the investment world. International headlines trumpeted the arrival of a modern day Latin American leader, one both pragmatic and ...
The strategies differ: China takes advantage of its deep pockets to seduce governments with infrastructure projects and affordable loans, Japan seeks alliances, and South Korea and Singapore work to improve their trade balances. | ...
| By Lourdes Casanova | For 250 years, between 1565 and 1815, trade between Latin America and Asia flourished. Porcelain, gunpowder, agricultural products and animals from China and other parts of Asia would arrive to ...
| By Gustavo Grobocopatel | The “Laudato Si”’ encyclical by Pope Francis moves us and invites us to reflect on the role of businessmen as they face the challenges of a new world, ...
How to help Latin America’s small- and medium-sized enterprises tap into global value chains through contact with large-scale companies. That’s the goal of the “Made in the Americas” program at the Inter-American Development Bank. | ...
Alberto Barrail e Hijos S.A. (ABH) and Tecnoedil S.A. are two of the country’s oldest construction firms, which has bought them a front row seat to the latest development boom. ABH was founded in 1904 ...