Mar 2023
Latin America and the Caribbean faces a triple social, fiscal and growth challenge that is limiting the development of the region and its population. Poverty and inequality levels have worsened,…
Mar 2023
América Latina y el Caribe se enfrenta a un triple desafío social, fiscal y de crecimiento que está limitando el desarrollo de la región y su población. Los niveles de pobreza y desigualdad…
Mar 2023
A América Latina e o Caribe enfrentam um tríplice desafio social, fiscal e de crescimento que está limitando o desenvolvimento da região e de sua população. Os níveis de pobreza e desigualdade…
Jan 2023
This database compiles up-to-date standardized statistics on sovereign debt issuances for the LAC region and contains biannual data starting in 2006 through to June 2022. Sovereign Debt Data is…
Dec 2022
Just as Caribbean economies are emerging from the sharp recessions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, a confluence of external shocks now complicates the recovery. Commodity prices started…
Nov 2022
Global financial shocks under a revamped global financial landscape can produce unexpected, multi-faceted, and disruptive implications for emerging market economies. Using the VIX index as a proxy…
Sep 2022
The LAC Debt Group believes that to have sound regional policy it is important to have valid, comparable, and standardized data on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Therefore, at the core of the…
Jul 2022
This edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly (Q2-2022) is a collaboration between the IDBs Caribbean Country Department and IDB Invest, which focuses on firms access to finance. The report…
May 2022
Since the turn of the century, emerging market economies have begun to develop markets for bonds denominated in their local currencies, thus trying to avoid the “original sin” that resulted in many…
Apr 2022
Las transferencias de capital, es decir, los recursos transferidos con el propósito de ayudar a financiar inversiones de capital de los gobiernos subnacionales, siguen siendo un instrumento necesario…
Feb 2022
Last year ended with incipient but fragile economic recoveries in most Caribbean economies. Relatively low vaccination rates remain a concern in the six countries covered by the Caribbean Country…
Feb 2022
A la suite de la pandémie du Covid-19, quelques pays dAfrique subsaharienne ont profité du bas niveau des taux dintért sur les marchés financiers internationaux pour refinancer leurs Euro-obligations…
Dec 2021
The Global Microscope is a benchmarking index that has assessed the enabling environment for financial inclusion across 55 countries since 2007. This year, the Economist Impact team conducted an…
Dec 2021
El Microscopio Global es un índice de referencia que ha evaluado el entorno propicio para la inclusión financiera en 55 países desde 2007. Este año, el equipo de Economist Impact realizó una…
Aug 2021
The LAC Debt Group believes that to have sound regional policy it is important to have valid, comparable, and standardized data on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Therefore, at the core of the…
Aug 2021
For more than a year, the Caribbean economics team at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has focused on the potential implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for lives and livelihoods across the…
Apr 2021
Financial technology (fintech) creates a profound impact and structural change in the financial market in an unusually rapid way. Traditional regulatory tools, as well as the use of new regulatory…
Apr 2021
La tecnología financiera genera en el mercado financiero un impacto profundo y un cambio estructural de una manera inusualmente veloz. Las herramientas tradicionales de regulación, así como el empleo…
Nov 2020
The LAC Debt Group believes that to have sound regional policy it is important to have valid, comparable, and standardized data on Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Therefore, at the core of the…
Oct 2020
Countries should have two different rules: a monetary policy rule for inefficiency in adjusting prices, and a financial policy rule for inefficiencies originating in financial markets. A two-rule…