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Latin America, Europe and the U.S. must stick together in weathering the COVID-19 storm

By Evan Ellis / May 28, 2020

Increased dependence on China by both Latin America and the European Union not only generates vulnerabilities for both regions, but also creates strategic risks for the United ...
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Latin America’s wake up call: From pandemic to climate emergency

By Maximiliano Bello & Anders Beal / April 21, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic provides needed context for the growing environmental movement—mainly that the climate crisis could have outcomes conceivably more dire than the current ...
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The missed opportunity of COP25

By Rebecca Ray / December 5, 2019

The relocation of COP25 from Chile to Spain was a missed opportunity to focus on Latin America's environmental issues, especially the ambiguous governance of DFI-financed projects in the ...
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How the U.S. can better balance Chinese investment in infrastructure

By Max Nathanson / September 10, 2018

The U.S. can both balance Chinese influence and help Latin American governments address environmental and social concerns by investing in the “soft" side of the infrastructure ...
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Chinese development finance “down but not out” in Latin America

By Margaret Myers & Kevin P. Gallagher / March 30, 2018

Chinese investment and lending in the region declined last year, in part reflecting skittishness over the deteriorating situation in Venezuela. Despite the drop, Chinese state-to-state finance continues to outstrip the World Bank, IDB and ...
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Latin America’s local lifeline in times of financial uncertainty

By William Kring and Kevin P. Gallagher / April 6, 2017

Latin American financial ministers and central bankers will have a lot at stake and a lot to worry about at the upcoming spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank in ...
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No, NATO is not claiming a beachhead in South America

By Mishella Romo / March 2, 2017

Let’s be clear: NATO isn’t encroaching in the hemisphere, nor does China represent a stable path out of dependency for Latin America. The former is a convenient, traditional boogey man and the latter an ahistorical pipe ...
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Social inclusion and indigenous Latin America: The World Bank weighs in

By Mishella Romo and Amy Williams / March 11, 2016

The “golden decade” of Latin American economic growth and social mobility was not shared equally by indigenous groups. Unfortunately, all the World Bank can offer as an answer is the notion of “development with identity.” ...
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The World Bank’s second chance in South America

By Kevin Gallagher / October 6, 2015

The World Bank annual meeting in Lima, Peru this weeks offers a unique opportunity. While China’s massive investments in infrastructure are much-needed, they come with huge risks. The World Bank can reduce those by working with these new efforts—with all their capital—to apply the Bank’s experience in protecting the environment and local ...
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World Bank’s financial inclusion numbers for Latin America and the Caribbean

June 5, 2015

A snapshot of the World Bank's data on financial inclusion in Latin ...
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