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On global issues, Latin America is now part of the solution
When it comes to solving global issues, Latin America is now on the side of those regions that are part of the solution and not of the problem.This time around the region is not at the center –but...
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Does Latin America have the Recipe to End the Food Crisis?
In the current food price debate, there's plenty that Latin America can bring to the table.A newly released World Bank report highlights the region's potential to help solve the food crisis given its...
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Is climate change to blame for high food prices?
If you were to throw out the question of what, if any, is the connection between climate change and the current food crisis, I suspect that many people would answer instinctively that global warming is...
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How resilient really were emerging economies to the global crisis?
Pretty much like in any crisis of huge proportions, the real story of what happened during the global financial crisis is beginning to emerge after the dust has finally settled.For Latin America and...
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Latin America, Africa Partner on Managing Commodity Wealth
It's only fitting that a country largely built on mineral abundance has been the venue for a critical discussion on how to manage natural resource wealth.A group of World Bank experts, including...
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Food Prices: Eating the Cost of Logistics
Déjà vu.Once again we find ourselves trying to dissect the root causes of food price increases as they bump and grind their way back toward their 2008 peaks. Is it speculation in commodity markets? Is...
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Les prix alimentaires, ou l’ingestion du coût de la logistique
Du déjà-vu.Nous voilà de nouveau en train d'essayer de disséquer les causes profondes de la hausse des prix alimentaires qui ont repris leur progression haletante en direction des niveaux record de...
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Central America: crime and violence eating up small business profits
From any tall building in Guatemala City you have a bird's eye view of a common site in cities across Latin America and the Caribbean: lodged in the alleys and walkways between modern highrises, low...
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The greening (?) of agriculture in Latin America
También disponible en españolFor many of us, the word 'agriculture' evokes bucolic images of lush fields of grain and pastures populated by peacefully grazing cows. In this light, the notion of...
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