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Dec
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2008
10:30—12:00 PM
November 24, 2008
Among emerging markets, Latin America is the most financially open region in the world: there are few restrictions on international capital flows and in most countries foreign banks dominate the banking system. While countries have benefitted from capital inflows, especially foreign direct investmen...
Blog Post
November 17, 2008
This is a joint posting with David Wheeler and Robin Kraft
When countries in Latin America or Africa descend into crisis, economists in Washington take a harsh view. Governments are forced to reduce spending in return for IMF rescue packages and in some instances, countries are even put on a cash...
BRIEFS
November 04, 2008
The next U.S. president has a great opportunity to lead regional
economic integration in the Americas, to the benefit of both the
United States and Latin America. For the Americas, the high hopes of a decade ago for a
hemispheric trade agreement have faded, along with confidence
in the region’s ...