This briefing offers an overview of trends in Nicaragua. Specifically, it shows the impact of political radicalization on development, corruption, state capture, and public opinion. The piece points to the US response to Nicaragua through sanctions.
Haiti and Central American countries will be the most affected in 2026 by a decline in migration and remittances, accompanied by an increase in deportations, which will affect economic growth and increase unemployment and informality.
Our development initiative in intermediate cities has progressed positively to allow us to expand to of our work activities. One initiative follows up on our financial inclusion program. It consists of the formation of a working group on remittances and financial inclusion in Guatemala, carried out in partnership with the Central Bank of Guatemala.
Our development initiative in intermediate cities expanded to include an additional activity. This activity consists of improving access to drinking water and promoting its responsible use and healthy consumption to benefit host communities, migrant populations, and institutional stakeholders in the municipalities of Esquipulas Palo Gordo and San Marcos.
This memo offers insight into the current situation in Nicaragua in 2025, its political and economic activities, and their effects on U.S. foreign policy.
Este informe es un estudio de mercado sobre productos financieros en Guatemala, con un enfoque en el sector rural, en ocho departamentos. El informe ofrece una perspectiva macroeconómica del país y su relación con el financiamiento, acompañado con un diagnóstico del estado de la oferta y demanda se servicios y productos financieros en Guatemala.
This article examines the role of family remittances in Central America, analyzing two dimensions of the flows—macroeconomic and household—identifying the links between these flows and development through finance, and offering recommendations to leverage these flows to mitigate shortcomings in the region’s economic growth.
This briefing note offers insights as to whether cryptocurrency is an active form of currency transaction for family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean.
This briefing offers a descriptive perspective regarding remittance transfer growth in 2024. We point out that, this year, flows will experience less than six percent growth. The memo highlights some insight on migration, historic growth, competition in the marketplace, and what growth can be expected for 2024.
Setting aside the debate surrounding the legitimacy and popularity of President Nayib Bukele, he has a number of challenges ahead of him in the social, political, and economic sphere. In large part, these challenges are his legacy as they result from the decisions implemented in his first presidential term. Paradoxically, when it comes to overcoming the country’s main problems, President Bukele is his own worst enemy.
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