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The IMF on Prospects for Growth: Latin America & Caribbean
Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is set to pick up from 3 percent in 2012 to 3½ percent in 2013, supported by stronger external demand, favorable financing conditions, sand the effects of earlier policy easing in some countries,
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CFI.co Meets Luis Gerardo Del Valle Torres
Expertise Luis has extensive experience in Tax consultancy in both domestic and international tax fields, including corporate and commercial, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance insurance law, strategic alliances, joint ventures, investments and fund structures, tax litigation and private clients.
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CFI.co Meets Carlos Hank González
In 1993 Carlos Hank González started his professional life as an executive of the trading desk in the Interacciones Casa de Bolsa. Later on, he experienced a rapid rise within Banco Interacciones. He was only 23 years young when he
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CFI.co Meets Enrique Gómez Junco: A Q&A Session with the Founder of Optima Energia, Mexico
What would you say most motivates you? I like to be able to create something from scratch – something different, something better. I want us always to be the leader in what we do. I especially enjoy BIG challenges. What
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Organisation of Islamic Conference: Contemporary Challenges of Member States
Issues concerning unemployment, the development of human resources and enhancing social protection feature prominently in the cooperation agenda of the OIC. Deliberations on the contemporary challenges of OIC Member States and modalities for consolidating intra-OIC actions will engage the attention
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IMF: The Risk Side of Exceptionally Low Interest Rates
Several years of exceptionally low interest rates and bond buying by some advanced economy central banks have improved some indicators of banks’ health while supporting the economy and financial stability, according to new research from the International Monetary Fund. In
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President Kirchner: Another Peron?
President Kirchner, who has been in office since December 2007, was re-elected in 2011 and may have her sights on a third term – which would require an amendment to the constitution. She was the first elected female president of
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Costa Rica’s Chinchilla: A Social Conservative
One of two VPs in the previous administration, Laura Chinchilla was the first female president of Costa Rica when she assumed that office in May 2010. Since coming to power she has had to deal with the Nicaraguan border crisis
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UNCTAD on Emerging Markets FDI Trends
Foreign direct investment (FDI) going into and out of the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – collectively known as BRICS – is mounting in global influence, according to a United Nations report released on March
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International Chamber of Commerce: G20 Openness Could Improve
Presenting pre-findings of an ICC Open Markets Index at an international business dialogue in Paris on March 4th, ICC Chairman Gerard Worms said that government authorities equipped with better information on their country’s market performance were better able to honour
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