Latin America

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CGD NOTES
The Puzzle of Financial Inclusion in Mexico: A Closeable Gap?
Kyle Navis et al.
January 14, 2020
Financial inclusion is a fundamental pillar of development. But Mexico poses a conundrum. In many respects it has been successful at growing its economy and integrating with global markets. Yet among its peers in Latin America, Mexico is the worst-performing at financial inclusion relative to its in...
CGD NOTES
Latin America: A Sailboat in Stormy Waters
José de Gregorio et al.
December 20, 2019
Latin America’s economic growth has declined significantly in the last decade. Although a variety of causes can potentially explain this result, there are some structural weaknesses that distinguish Latin America from other regions in the developing world.
Blog Post
Beneficial Policies Towards the Venezuela Crisis Depend on Development Finance
Jimmy Graham
and
Patrick Saez
November 26, 2019
The political and economic crisis in Venezuela has caused the biggest population movement in recent Latin American history. Support from the international community has predominantly focused on short-term humanitarian assistance, which will remain important for the most vulnerable Venezuel...
A Decision Tree for Digital Financial Inclusion Policymaking
Liliana Rojas-Suarez
November 18, 2019
CGD is developing a new analytical framework, A Policy Decision Tree for Improving Financial Inclusion. The Tree is a decision-making tool focused on digital financial services (DFS) that will help in diagnosing country-specific binding constraints that impede significant im...
Blog Post
Bolivia’s Antipoverty Successes Are Going to Face Funding Challenges Thanks to Falling Gas Prices
Kyle Navis
November 15, 2019
Bolivia has reduced poverty substantially over the past decade by taxing hydrocarbons to fund a generous social safety net, but low gas prices and export demand loom large.
Blog Post
Three Facts You Haven’t Heard Much About Are Keys to Better Policy Toward Central America
Michael Clemens
and
Jimmy Graham
November 01, 2019
The biggest immigration debate of this year in the US has been what to do about the rise in migration pressure at the Southwest border. That pressure comes mostly from the “Northern Triangle” of Central America: Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
Blog Post
The Interdependence Between Multilateral Development Banks and Middle-Income Countries
Mauricio Cárdenas
October 22, 2019
Every MDB is now confronted with the question of what to do with middle-income countries, given the need to focus on the Sustainable Development Goals in general, but very concretely on goal #1—poverty eradication—which will be difficult to achieve based on recent trends. MDBs are very i...