Latin America

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Blog Post
Sound Banks for Healthy Economies: A CGD-IDB Report Four Months Later
Alejandro Fiorito
January 25, 2021
Last fall, CGD and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched a report by the joint Sound Banks for Healthy Economies working group. We round up highlights from two of those discussions here, organized by common themes that ran through the events. 
Blog Post
Why Does DFC Want to Pay Off Ecuador’s Chinese Creditors?
Clemence Landers et al.
January 19, 2021
Last week DFC announced that it signed a framework agreement with the government of Ecuador to refinance up to $3.5 billion of the country’s external debt to China. In exchange, according to reporting by the Financial Times, the Ecuadorian government will commit to exclude Chinese companies from its...
Blog Post
Looking Back, Looking Ahead, but First, Wishing You a Happy Holiday and New Year
Sean Bartlett
December 23, 2020
From our CGD family to you and yours, we wish you a happy holiday season and a healthier and happier 2021. And, let me offer an enthusiastic farewell to 2020.
POLICY PAPERS
The Effect of COVID-19 on the Economic Inclusion of Venezuelans in Peru
Martha Guerrero Ble
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Jimmy Graham
December 16, 2020
This policy paper, part of the “Let Them Work” initiative, outlines how the Government of Peru, donors, international organizations, and NGOs can address and overcome these barriers and promote economic inclusion. 
CASE STUDIES
From Displacement to Development: How Peru Can Transform Venezuelan Displacement into Shared Growth
Martha Guerrero Ble et al.
December 16, 2020
This case study is part of the “Let Them Work” initiative by Refugees International (RI) and the Center for Global Development (CGD). It outlines the barriers Venezuelans face in Peru to economic inclusion, the impacts of these barriers, and the steps that the Government of Peru, international organ...
Blog Post
Venezuelans Can Bolster Economic Recovery and Stability in Peru amid COVID-19
Martha Guerrero Ble
December 16, 2020
New research by Refugees International and the Center for Global Development (CGD) finds that Venezuelans in Peru face major barriers that prevent them from integrating into the Peruvian economy. As a result, many are pushed into informal, low-paying jobs that do not match their qualifications. Some...
TESTIMONY
Testimony before Canada's Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development
Jimmy Graham
December 07, 2020
On Wednesday, September 23, Jimmy Graham appeared before Canada's Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development examining “The Impact of COVID-19 on Displaced Persons from Venezuela and Myanmar.”