–Researched and written by Simon Bannister– As vaccines are distributed and quarantines lifted, global and local economies are beginning to stabilize and recover, and decisions must now be made as how to best handle this period of transition. Guiding these decisions for many Latin American countries will be the elevated prices of raw materials, with

A recent report conducted by the Ministry of Economy, Planning, and Development indicated that the Dominican Republic’s national planning aligns well with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Data has shown that 44% of requests for financial loans are denied for low-income individuals while only 18% of the requests are denied for higher classes.

Progressive social policy is one the fundamental tools that governments use to reduce national inequality.

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Informality is making Latin Americans’ lives increasingly difficult as they must take up casualized, unreliable jobs to survive.

André Lara Resende, ex-director of Brazil’s Banco Central, issued a rebuke against the economic policies of the current Ministro da Economia Paulo Guedes: “the market does not exist without the State.”

As life begins to return to normal after a year of the coronavirus pandemic, Mexico City and Latin America as a whole are seeing changes in the attitudes of investors.

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A recent report conducted by Moody’s Investors Services found that Panama’s lists of shortcomings could affect the nation’s banks.