The rivers run thick with sewage and agricultural chemicals. They flow with detergents, carry fertilizers, and yield pathogens that spread diarrheal diseases, hepatitis and other infections. Latin America has nearly one-third of the world's fresh water resources, with high mountain glaciers and grand rivers like the Amazon and Orinoco. But, according to the United Nations … [Read more...] about Researchers Rally to Combat Pollution and Disease
¿Quién manda? Qué hay detrás del empoderamiento económico de las mujeres
Las mujeres han ido consolidando su poder económico en la región, aumentando su autonomía en la familia y siendo objeto de la atención de la banca y otros sectores del mercado. En un informe publicado recientemente, Pulso social de América Latina y el Caribe 2016: Realidades y perspectivas, llegamos a la conclusión de que la contribución de las mujeres al ingreso total del … [Read more...] about ¿Quién manda? Qué hay detrás del empoderamiento económico de las mujeres
Colombia: Bringing Fighters Back Into the Fold?
On Oct. 7, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos became the sixth Latin American to win the Nobel Peace Prize as he was recognized for his efforts to end a 52-year-long civil conflict, the last major war in the Americas. But for supporters of Colombia’s peace process, it was a bittersweet moment. Eleven days earlier, the president had clasped hands with his sworn enemy, … [Read more...] about Colombia: Bringing Fighters Back Into the Fold?
The Spinning Wheel of Economic Analysis
“The wheel is come full circle,” wrote William Shakespeare and so it seems has the progress of economic ideas in the view of Augusto de la Torre, the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean at the World Bank. Economics is largely about supply and demand and the intersection of the two. But De la Torre, in an eminent career including stints as the president of … [Read more...] about The Spinning Wheel of Economic Analysis
IDB Offers MOOC on Macroeconomic Growth and Stability
The Inter-American Development Bank is offering the second edition of its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on the principal problems and challenges of macroeconomic growth and stability in Latin America and the Caribbean. Two new modules in the course focus on the financial sector and productive development policies. Entitled Latin American Macroeconomic Reality, the free, … [Read more...] about IDB Offers MOOC on Macroeconomic Growth and Stability