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CGD NOTES
July 11, 2022
A well-known structural problem in Latin America is that firms are generally quite small and most workers in the region are concentrated in small firms. In recent years, about 32 percent of workers were self-employed, and of those working in firms, over 50 percent were in firms that employed 10 or f...
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May 19, 2022
Sovereign debt levels are historically high in most advanced and emerging market economies—dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic pushed global public debt close to a shocking 100 percent of GDP at the end of 2021, well above the already high levels built up after the Global Financial Crisis. In this jo...
CGD in the News
May 17, 2022
Across Latin America, the unfolding crisis threatens to erase decades of progress in boosting living standards.
“There are no prospects for growth,” said Liliana Rojas-Suarez, a regional expert and senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington. “I think we’re going to have anot...
CGD in the News
May 05, 2022
Developing countries are worried the Fed waited too long to begin its anti-inflationary campaign and will be forced to raise rates so aggressively it causes a hard landing that hurts the United States and developing countries alike. “They would have been much better off if the Fed would have reacted...