Dilma Rousseff’s Approach to Chinese Competition
Brazil must take steps to move up the value chain and avoid a middle income trap.
Analysis
The Promise & Challenge of Electricity Reform in Mexico
While Mexico’s oil and gas reform has stolen the limelight, the electricity reform is more critical to the country’s economic growth.
Entrepreneurship among Remittances Recipients in Cuba
While the amount of remittances to Cuba appears to have declined moderately, they still represent at least one half of the total income of Cuban households.
Is the Transpacific Trade Partnership Initiative on Track?
Is the TPP on track to complete a framework in 2012, as planned?
A Conversation with Federico Franco
With no access to the sea and just a fraction of the continent’s economic output, Paraguay will have to play by its neighbors’ rules for the time being.
What’s Next for Deepening Integration?
Trade between the US and Latin America and the Caribbean has continued to grow in the face of global economic volatility.
Video
Inter-American Economic Relations
Today’s economic relationships look much different than they did even a decade ago.
Energy & Mining in Colombia
Colombia has to remain competitive with other major producers such as Mexico to attract needed investment in extractive industries.
Video
State of the Remittance Industry
Market consolidation and increasing competition are two of the largest trends currently observed in the money transfer industry.
XI Annual CAF Conference
The annual CAF conference brings together more than 250 people to discuss hemispheric affairs.
What are the Best Options for Modernizing NAFTA?
How significant of a priority should strengthening NAFTA be as compared to other trade agreements?
What Would Peace Mean for Colombia’s Energy Sector?
Colombia’s government and the FARC rebels on Aug. 24 announced they had reached final agreement on historic peace accords following nearly four years of talks in Havana. Although Colombian voters must approve the deal in a nationwide referendum set for Oct. 2, the government says a “peace dividend” could add a percentage point or more to the country’s gross domestic product.
What Can the Middle East & Latin America Offer Each Other?
What is behind increasing engagement between the Middle East and Latin America?
A New Trade Policy Agenda for the Americas
Trade policy and economic integration are once again emerging as priority issues in inter-American affairs.
A Difficult Balancing Act
After winning a second term, the hard work now begins for President Juan Manuel Santos.