Latin America

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Pandemic Proof: Learning from COVID-19 in Latin America
September 15, 2022
Countries in Latin America were hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. On this episode of Pandemic Proof, Amanda Glassman welcomes Dr. Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Jr., candidate for Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), to the podcast to discuss impacts and lessons learned. Tog...
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Economic Integration for Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants
June 16, 2021
If Venezuelans are able to work, they would earn higher incomes, pay more taxes, contribute their skills and knowledge to the companies they work for, open businesses, and hire locals.
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IDB Governors: The Case for Capital Replenishment Needs To Be Made
March 18, 2021
This week, the Inter-American Development Bank’s governors gather for their annual meeting. Much is at stake as the region reels under the compound crises of COVID-19 and recession. But none of this urgency is yet evident in the IDB’s public case to its member countries.
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The Case for an IDB Capital Increase Is Everywhere Except in the IDB’s Lending Numbers
March 01, 2021
Today the IDB is again making the case for a capital increase to its shareholders. Yet, despite an unfolding crisis that threatens development progress in Latin America to a degree that eclipses the Global Financial Crisis,  talk of a financing cliff at the bank is absent from its appeal for mo...
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Social Protection in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico During the Pandemic
February 04, 2021
COVID-19 has hit Latin America hard on the health, economic, and social fronts. Week after week, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico are among the countries with the highest number of COVID cases, and Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru among those with the highest deaths per hundr...
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Social Protection During the Pandemic: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico
February 04, 2021
The pandemic, people’s response to fend off contagion, and the measures designed to contain the spread of the virus took an enormous toll on the region’s living standards. Governments faced the challenge of reaching three groups of people: formal sector workers in social security (and their dependen...
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Why Colombia Granted Full Rights to its 1.7 Million Venezuelans, and What Comes Next
January 26, 2021
The Government of Colombia has been incredibly generous towards this population, enacting several rounds of work permits which granted the right to work, move, and formalize their status. They should be celebrated for these moves, while supported to overcome the remaining constraints to full economi...