Feb 2023
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) realize their objective of promoting sustainable development through a combination of financing (lending, guarantees) and non-financing instruments (technical…
Jan 2023
The Outlook of Fiscal Relations among Levels of Government in Latin America and the Caribbean is a joint publication by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Economic Commission for Latin…
Jan 2023
Panorama das relações fiscais entre os níveis de governo dos países da América Latina e do Caribe é uma publicação conjunta do Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e da Comisso Econômica das…
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…
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…
Apr 2022
Economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean was stronger than expected in 2021 but waned at the start of 2022. High commodity prices due to the war between Russia and Ukraine will provide a…
Apr 2022
El crecimiento económico en América Latina y el Caribe en 2021 fue más robusto de lo esperado, pero disminuyó a principios de 2022. Los altos precios de las materias primas registradas por…
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
This paper examines the potential role FinTech can play to support Surinames financial inclusion efforts. Financial technologyor “FinTech”describes the integration of technology into financial…
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…
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…
Aug 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the largest global economic contraction since the Great Depression. Governments are faced with the daunting task of devising policy responses in an environment of…
Aug 2020
La pandemia del COVID-19 ha desencadenado la mayor contracción económica mundial desde la Gran Depresión. Los gobiernos se enfrentan a la abrumadora tarea de diseñar políticas públicas en un entorno…
Jul 2020
El estudio representa una actualización del primer informe sobre el ecosistema Fintech en Argentina llevado a cabo en el año 2018. Describe la evolución y los avances ocurridos con respecto a la…
Jun 2020
Guyana's economy is on the verge of a historic transformation owing to recent oil discoveries. In this context, maximizing the benefits of faster growth and increased revenues will depend…
Jun 2019
El estudio tiene como objetivo analizar el estado actual del ecosistema financiero de Costa Rica, tanto desde la industria tradicional hasta la irrupción de nuevos modelos de negocio provenientes de…
Mar 2019
Jamaica tuvo que enfrentar la crisis financiera mundial del 2008 con una economía débil y altos niveles de deuda. En esta coyuntura económica, la situación fiscal de Jamaica se hizo insostenible. A…
Jan 2016
The Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries…
Nov 2015
External financing flows to the region increased due to higher liquidity in international markets and low financing costs, and also thanks to the region’s stability relative to developed economies.…
Nov 2015
Los flujos de financiamiento externo hacia la región se incrementaron debido a una mayor liquidez en los mercados internacionales, los bajos costos de financiamiento y, además, a la estabilidad que…