High value-added foreign direct investment (FDI) creates foreign exchange and increases productivity, employment, exports, and linkages with local companies while encouraging knowledge and technology transfers. FDI is particularly important in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as it is the region’s primary source of external financing, outstripping both international … [Read more...] about How Can Latin America Attract Foreign Investment in Times of COVID-19
Ana Arias Urones
Ana is a senior Trade and Investment specialist in the Trade and Investment Division of the Inter-American Development Bank since 2013. She is leading several national and regional projects in Latin America and the Caribbean in foreign investment attraction and promotion, digital one-stop shops for investment and digital tools investment. Prior to joining the IDB, she worked at ICEX-Invest in Spain for six years and in several international telecom and aerospace companies. Ana holds a PhD in Foreign Investment, a Master’s in Foreign Trade and a Degree in Law from the Oviedo University, Spain.