The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recommended that for better government it is necessary to implement what they call multi-level governance, which consists of a system of good governance among central, regional and local governments.

The terse press release in which Costa Rica announced the closure of 29 Burger King (BK) locations in Costa Rica and 12 in Panama in October, did not reveal the history of mistrust, errors and conflicts between the parties of a failed joint venture that had been created to stabilize a bad financial operation, and

Agrobanco (Agricultural Bank) and Apega (the Peruvian Society of Gastronomy) carried out a study of the factors that promote the production and better marketing of potatoes, coffee, bananas, lemons, palm oil, and corn by small farmers.

The national president of the IMEF, Nelly Molina Peralta, said that although in 2016 Mexico will continue to face a difficult economic environment, she stressed that it also represents a growing opportunity as the country continues its transformation to a modern, open economy.

President Evo Morales projected that the nuclear center El Alto will be the “largest in South America.”

For countries like the Dominican Republic, it is paramount to diversify the economy, support medium-sized enterprises and focus on the direction for achieving greater competitiveness.

Fernando Haddad, the mayor of São Paulo, said that the federal government cannot simultaneously tame inflation and stabilize the public debt, and therefore should promote changes in the current economic policy.

Lobby groups often take advantage of weakened governments, and in Brazil that’s not an exception. Amid the current political crisis, the caucus in Congress moved to approve a bill that would modify the Biosecurity Law.

Luis de la Barreda, coordinator of the Human Rights Program of the UNAM, proposes a real debate where the reasons for the legalization of marijuana are based on arguments and not on prejudices or simple inertia.

Microcredit is very effective to support business growth, but in a nation with limited competitiveness and productivity, the success of these programs may be questionable.