As I walked through the state-of-the-art facilities of the new Paso Canoas trade facilitation hub in Costa Rica, I was captivated by local officials’ enthusiastic explanations. The project is the first of its kind, and the excitement about it was contagious. The public’s reactions made me realize that Paso Canoas was about much more than physical infrastructure and the trade in … [Read more...] about Paso Canoas: A Game-Changer for Trade Facilitation in Latin America
Gabriel Pastor
Gabriel Pastor es uruguayo, Licenciado en Periodismo (Universidad de Montevideo), especializado en Economía y Política, con énfasis en temas de América Latina. Profesor de periodismo desde 1999, cuenta con un magíster en Filosofía Contemporánea (Universidad de San Buenaventura, Bogotá, Colombia). Periodista con 35 años de trayectoria y, actualmente, analista internacional en la plaforma regional Diálogo Político e investigador senior de think tank CERES, de Montevideo, Uruguay.
Caribbean innovation shines through as knowledge-based services expand
Looking back at 2023, a year in which trade in goods faced considerable headwinds in Latin America and the Caribbean, knowledge-based services stood out for their sustained growth. The high quality of this surge is borne out by practices that promote efficiency, sustainability, optimization, and productivity, all of which significantly help bolster people’s quality of … [Read more...] about Caribbean innovation shines through as knowledge-based services expand